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The Relationship Between Shareholder Wealth Effects, Diversity, and Publicity as a Marketing Strategy

The University of Texas at Tyler, vpandey{at}mail.uttyl.edu

Kevin J. Shanahan

The University of Texas at Tyler, kshanahan{at}mail.uttyl.edu

Scott W. Hansen

The University of Texas at Tyler, shansen{at}mail.uttyl.edu

Using the Fortune diversity elite as a sample, the authors find significant initial shareholder gains, as measured by stock price reaction to firms publicizing their inclusion on the diversity elite list as a part of their marketing communication strategy. However, these initial effects do not materialize into higher annual measures of profitability (i.e., return on equity, return on assets, and return on investment) for these firms when compared with other similarly sized firms from similar industries in the Fortune 1000 list. This suggests that for firms seeking enhancements in reportable measures of financial performance, having and publicizing a diverse workforce, including sales personnel, does not provide superior financial performance in comparison with other non-diversity elite firms. Shareholder wealth gains to these firms, however, are real and significant.

Key Words: diversity • wealth effects • marketing strategy • event study • publicity

Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol. 33, No. 4, 423-431 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0092070305277384


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