The impact of internationalization and diversification on construction industry performance

    Isabel M. Horta Info
    Magdalena Kapelko Info
    Alfons Oude Lansink Info
    Ana S. Camanho Info

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of internationalization and diversification strategies on the financial performance of construction industry companies. The results obtained can guide the design of strategies to pursue company growth and achieve competitive advantage. The evaluation of companies’ performance is based on the use of the Data Envelopment Analysis technique to aggregate financial indicators using optimized weights. The impact of internationalization and diversification on company performance is explored using truncated regression, controlling for the effect of contextual factors such as company age, size and time. Data Envelopment Analysis and truncated regression were complemented with bootstrapping to ensure the robustness of the results obtained. The activity of Portuguese and Spanish contractors in the period 2002 to 2011 is used as case study. The empirical results show that internationalization has a positive impact on financial performance, although this effect is only statistically significant for Spanish contractors. Diversification has a nonlinear relationship with performance, benefiting companies with either a small number of core activities or companies with a broad scope of activities.

First Published online: 13 Jun 2016

Keywords:

Internationalization, Diversification, Construction industry,, Data envelopment analysis,, Bootstrap truncated regression

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Horta, I. M., Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., & Camanho, A. S. (2016). The impact of internationalization and diversification on construction industry performance. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 20(2), 172-183. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648715X.2015.1123201

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Horta, I. M., Kapelko, M., Oude Lansink, A., & Camanho, A. S. (2016). The impact of internationalization and diversification on construction industry performance. International Journal of Strategic Property Management, 20(2), 172-183. https://doi.org/10.3846/1648715X.2015.1123201

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