Relationship between Logistics Firm Size and Business Diversification: An Empirical Study of Chongqing, Area in China

• 作者: Nannan He Wanshan Wu Sijing Liu
• 来源期刊: 统计学期刊(英文)
• 学科: 经济
• 关键词: Business Diversification Logistics Firm Size RBV Logistics Business Classification System
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（1）
• 页码范围: 1-18
• 页数: 18页
• 分类号: F42

摘要

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.