March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
294 pages
16h 47m
English
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
ABSTRACT: This paper selects Chinese listed companies as samples to examine how diversification moderates the impact of COVID-19 on firm performance according to firm size, firm nature, and slack resource. The present study finds diversification offsets the negative relationship between COVID-19 and firm performance and abundant slack resources can help firms offset the negative effects of COVID-19 through diversification. The diversification of non-state-owned firms offsets more obviously the negative relationship between COVID-19 and ...