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Top Management Team Heterogeneity, Diversification, And Corporate Performance: A Panel Smooth Transition Regression Model

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  • Weining LI

    (School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China.)

  • Sen ZHANG

    (School of Business Administration, South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China.)

  • Jing ZHANG

    (Library, South China University of Technology Guangzhou, China.)

Abstract

This empirical study uses a panel smooth transition regression (PSTR) model to investigate the nonlinear relationship between top management team (TMT) heterogeneity and corporate performance based on a sample of 117 publicly traded companies in China from 2000-2012. The results show that there is a nonlinear relationship between TMT heterogeneity and corporate performance that depends on the company’s degree of diversification. Specifically, when the degree of diversification is lower than the threshold of 0.5647 (i.e., when a company uses a single business or dominant business strategy), heterogeneity in education level and educational background is negatively correlated with corporate performance. When the degree of diversification is higher than the threshold of 0.5647 (i.e., when a company uses a related or unrelated diversification strategy), education-level heterogeneity and corporate performance are positively correlated, whereas age heterogeneity and corporate performance are negatively correlated.

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  • Weining LI & Sen ZHANG & Jing ZHANG, 2015. "Top Management Team Heterogeneity, Diversification, And Corporate Performance: A Panel Smooth Transition Regression Model," Journal for Economic Forecasting, Institute for Economic Forecasting, vol. 0(1), pages 129-142, March.
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    Keywords

    heterogeneity; diversification; corporate performance; panel smooth transition regression model; nonlinear;
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    JEL classification:

    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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