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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: selection and long-term performance implications of alternative corporate downscaling strategies
  name:
    name part: Legatski, Theodore William.
    role:
      role term: creator
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xx
    date issued: 1997
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 124 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
  abstract: The study distinguished downscaling, reductions in the scale
  abstract: of a firm's activities, as a strategy distinct from other
  abstract: forms of downsizing, such as changes in the extent of firm
  abstract: diversification (i.e., downscoping) or reductions in force
  abstract: (RIF) triggered by such events as mergers and acquisitions.
  abstract: A typology of downscaling strategies was developed based upon
  abstract: the focus of the targeted RIFs and the scope of efforts to
  abstract: redesign firm activities. Hypotheses were developed about
  abstract: various pre-downscaling factors and the selection of specific
  abstract: downscaling strategies and between downscaling strategies and
  abstract: post-downscaling performance. A population of 260 large,
  abstract: publicly traded firms that downscaled between 1989 and 1993
  abstract: was drawn from Standard and Poor's Compustat database. Of
  abstract: these 260 firms, 46 responded to a survey used to identify
  abstract: the downscaling strategy employed. While variation was
  abstract: observed in the type of downscaling strategy selected, no
  abstract: statistically significant relationships were identified
  abstract: between strategy and a variety of pre-downscaling measures,
  abstract: including firm performance (economic or competitive
  abstract: necessity) and institutional influences (mimetic effect). No
  abstract: statistically significant relationships were found between
  abstract: downscaling strategies and implementation efforts. Finally,
  abstract: no relationship was found between downscaling strategy and
  abstract: postdownscaling performance. However, statistically
  abstract: significant relationships were found between some performance
  abstract: measures and RIF size. In addition, union membership was
  abstract: found to reduce the probability of being terminated. The
  abstract: most compelling findings deal with pre- and post-downscaling
  abstract: performance. Using the population of 260 firms, strong
  abstract: support was found for a significant improvement in net income
  abstract: and return on sales two years after the RIF. However, even
  abstract: stronger support was found for decrease in productivity,
  abstract: market share, and market share relative to the industry
  abstract: leader. These findings suggest that downscaling results more
  abstract: from random processes than from careful planning. In
  abstract: addition, there is little support for believing that
  abstract: implementation strategies other than involuntary termination
  abstract: are given careful consideration. Nor are the precursors of
  abstract: downscaling clear. In fact, there is little support for
  abstract: downscaling being a rational, well-planned and executed
  abstract: strategy. Finally, short-term improvements in profitability
  abstract: may be gained at the expense of long-term competitiveness.
  note: by Theodore William Legatski, II.
  note: Vita.
  note: "Major Subject: Management".
  note: Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc.
  note: Includes bibliographical references: pages 100-116.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 1997.
  subject:
    topic: Major management
  identifier: 98-15786 UMI
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