As we have repeatedly seen, conglomerate firms trade at a discount to focused firms. This is not new. (See Comment and Jarrell 1995 for more). The short version of the discount is that for some reason, 1+1 =1.5
With such an important finding, there are of course many potential explanations as to why the discount exists. A far from complete list includes:
Poor managerial incentives Poor
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