00000nam 2200000za 4500 9.818838 CaOODSP 20221107142819 cr ||||||||||| 160602s2015 qucao||#o f000 0 eng d CaOODSP eng n-cn--- Iu133-10/2015E-PDF Corner, Tom. Diversify, diversify, diversify [electronic resource] : a key growth strategy for small and mid-sized firms / [author: Tom Corner]. Key growth strategy for small and mid-sized firms [Montreal] : Business Development Bank of Canada, 2015. 30 p. : col. ill. BDC study Cover title. "November 2015." Issued also in French under title: Diversifier, diversifier, diversifier : une stratégie de croissance essentielle pour les PME. Includes bibliographical references. "This report was inspired by a single question that arose as oil prices fell to multi-year lows in early 2015: What relationship, if any, exists between diversification and financial performance among small and mid-sized businesses? Based on a survey of nearly 1,000 Alberta businesses, this report finds that diversification—whether measured in terms of products and services, geography, or number of customers—correlates strongly and positively with financial success. Not only are the most diversified businesses by far the top performers, but even somewhat diversified firms are likely to outperform those that are undiversified. Diversification is found to be independent of business age and positively associated with financial performance, regardless of business size. Put differently, diversification appears to be a strategy that many successful entrepreneurs utilize right from the start."--Foreword. gccst Small businesses gccst Diversification Business Development Bank of Canada. Diversifier, diversifier, diversifier (CaOODSP)9.818849 BDC study. (CaOODSP)9.833356 PDF 3.16 MB https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/bdc/Iu133-10-2015-eng.pdf