Title: Corporate diversification and firm's financial performance: an empirical evidence from Indian IT sector

Authors: R. Rajesh

Addresses: School of Business and Management, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, India

Abstract: The aim of this research paper is to provide empirical evidence on the effect of geographic and segment diversification on the financial performance of the Indian IT sector. The study was done on 12 listed IT firms representing 93% market share on BSE/NSE. Standard econometric regression analysis on panel data was carried out to find the stated relationship. The results of the regression analysis revealed that international/geographic diversification impacted strongly on IT firms' profitability whereas product/segment diversification had no significant impact on the firms' profitability. This study also proves the existence of demand for Indian IT sector in other countries. These results could be useful in decision making for top managers of IT companies as they advocate the need for diversification (specialisation) and growth in size and also provide encouragement to small-scale Indian IT companies to undertake international diversification activities with confidence.

Keywords: corporate restructuring; entropy index; geographic diversification; product diversification; financial performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2023.131267

International Journal of Business and Globalisation, 2023 Vol.34 No.1, pp.1 - 16

Received: 26 Aug 2019
Accepted: 14 Jan 2020
Published online: 05 Jun 2023 *

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