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Subject
Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Publishing details
Social Sciences Research Network
Authors / Editors
Cetorelli N; Jacobides M G; Stern S
Biographies
Publication Year
2017
Abstract
Using a novel database containing the time-series details of the organizational structure of individual bank holding companies, this paper presents the first population-wide study of the transformation in business scope of U.S. banks. Expanding scope has a negative impact on performance on average. However, we find that firms whose expansion keeps them closer to the prevailing “modal bank” are better off compared with those pursuing generic diversification. Moreover, we find that early expanders into particular activities benefit more, whereas late adopters, rather than benefitting by “fitting the norm,” lose out.
Keywords
Business scope; Performance; Diversification
Series Number
813
Series
Social Sciences Research Network