The Impact of Business Diversification on Performance of IDX Listed Firms

This study analyzes the correlation between business diversification and performances in Indonesian listed companies from 2006-2011. In addition to observing business diversification impact on company's performance in term of Return on Assets (ROA) and Tobin's Q, this research also obser...

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Published in:Indonesian capital market review 2013-07, Vol.5 (2)
Main Authors: Humarseno, Ony, Abdul Chalid, Dony
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This study analyzes the correlation between business diversification and performances in Indonesian listed companies from 2006-2011. In addition to observing business diversification impact on company's performance in term of Return on Assets (ROA) and Tobin's Q, this research also observe s the business diversification impact on the performances of different companies at different level. The result of this research indicates that diversification gives negative effect to ROA and Tobin's Q, while for higher level of diversification, the effect on Tobin's Q is relatively high. The negative effect of diversification on ROA is higher in the group of companies with higher ROA. The different results show that when using Tobin's Q as a measure of companies' performances, diversification give s negative impact to companies' performance in the intermediate level. Keywords:
ISSN:1979-8997
2356-3818
DOI:10.21002/icmr.v5i2.1902