This paper aims to explore the relationship between logistics firm size and business diversification, especially in micro-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style=&quo...This paper aims to explore the relationship between logistics firm size and business diversification, especially in micro-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and small-sized enterprises, and assess the diversification process of Chongqing logistics enterprises using new data source. It is inte</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">nded to contribute to theoretical research on diversification in the emerging logistics industry based on resource-based view (RBV) and factor production theory. We innovatively establish the logistics business classification system, then measure the degree and direction of diversification of lo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">gistics enterprises based on mean narrow-spectrum diversification-based</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> product count methods. The empirically shows that there are a growing number of highly-diversified logistics enterprises in general, with an average annual increase of 14.23%. Especially after 2008, small and medium-sized enterprises developed towards r</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">elated diversification while micro-sized enterprises came to the opposite conclusion. For them, creating unrelated diversified business is a crucial way to generate a competitive advantage. Unlike the conclusions derived from other industries, small-sized logistics enterprises are prone to try a new business, both related and unrelated, for better survival and performance. And changes in the firm size of medium and large-sized enterprises have little impact on the development of the business diversification.展开更多
文摘This paper aims to explore the relationship between logistics firm size and business diversification, especially in micro-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and small-sized enterprises, and assess the diversification process of Chongqing logistics enterprises using new data source. It is inte</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">nded to contribute to theoretical research on diversification in the emerging logistics industry based on resource-based view (RBV) and factor production theory. We innovatively establish the logistics business classification system, then measure the degree and direction of diversification of lo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">gistics enterprises based on mean narrow-spectrum diversification-based</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> product count methods. The empirically shows that there are a growing number of highly-diversified logistics enterprises in general, with an average annual increase of 14.23%. Especially after 2008, small and medium-sized enterprises developed towards r</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">elated diversification while micro-sized enterprises came to the opposite conclusion. For them, creating unrelated diversified business is a crucial way to generate a competitive advantage. Unlike the conclusions derived from other industries, small-sized logistics enterprises are prone to try a new business, both related and unrelated, for better survival and performance. And changes in the firm size of medium and large-sized enterprises have little impact on the development of the business diversification.
