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Risky business: How strategy relates to survival

dc.contributor.authorThornhill, Stewart
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Roderick E.
dc.contributor.authorRaynor, Michael E.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T15:06:26Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05 11:06:25en
dc.date.available2021-10-05T15:06:26Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.identifier.citationThornhill, Stewart; White, Roderick E.; Raynor, Michael E. (2021). "Risky business: How strategy relates to survival." Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l’Administration 38(3): 245-256.
dc.identifier.issn0825-0383
dc.identifier.issn1936-4490
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/170230
dc.description.abstractThis research explores the relationship between business strategy and survival. Seven annual panels of longitudinal data enable us to study riskiness (likelihood of failure) as a function of business strategy. We find failure rates are higher for those businesses with purer strategy positions. Two mechanisms are offered as potential explanations for this result: robustness and adaptability. While prior research has found pure strategies have higher returns, our findings suggest that pursuing a hybrid strategy may be an entirely reasonable choice, balancing risk and return.RésuméLes auteurs de cette étude examinent la relation entre la stratégie commerciale et la survie. Gr-ce à sept panels annuels de données longitudinales, ils étudient le degré de risque (probabilité d’échec) en fonction de la stratégie commerciale. Ils constatent que les taux d’échec sont plus élevés dans les entreprises dont la stratégie est plus pure. Deux mécanismes sont proposés comme explications potentielles de ce résultat à savoir la robustesse et l’adaptabilité. Si des recherches antérieures ont montré que les stratégies pures ont un rendement plus élevé, les résultats de cette étude laissent penser que la poursuite d’une stratégie hybride peut être un choix tout à fait raisonnable, puisqu’elle permet d’équilibrer le risque et le rendement.
dc.publisherJai Press
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.othermarket structure
dc.subject.otherorganization
dc.subject.otheradministration des entreprises
dc.subject.otherstructure du marché
dc.subject.otherstratégie de l’entreprise
dc.subject.otherperformance du marché
dc.subject.otherobjectifs de l’entreprise
dc.subject.otherorganisation
dc.subject.othercomportement
dc.subject.otherfirm strategy
dc.subject.othermarket performance
dc.subject.otherbusiness administration
dc.subject.otherbehaviour
dc.subject.otherfirm objectives
dc.titleRisky business: How strategy relates to survival
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelManagement
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelBusiness
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/170230/1/cjas1609_am.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/170230/2/cjas1609.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/cjas.1609
dc.identifier.sourceCanadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l’Administration
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