Research Summary
Research Summary
Technological Resources and Corporate Diversification
Description
To what degree do firms' technological resources influence diversification decisions? Silverman is examining how firms enter new markets to exploit existing technological strengths. Recent research includes 1) development of a framework to identify when a firm might be expected to exploit its resources through diversification rather than through market transactions, 2) large-scale statistical analysis of the role technological resources play in determining the direction of corporate diversification.