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Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family-owned firms: are they different? [PDF]
Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 2017 PurposeDrawing on the motivation theory and family business literature, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of family effect in growth behaviour of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThe authors first compare the actual and expected growth of family and non-family-owned SMEs. The authors
Saridakis, George +3 more
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Exploring the Effect of Family Control on the Characteristics of SMEs in Northern Italy [PDF]
International Journal of Engineering Business Management, 2012 We studied the effect of family control on the characteristics of small- and medium-sized enterprises located in the Northern Italian province of Bergamo. The analysis included aspects such as demographic characteristics, cost and productivity of labour,
Lucio Cassia +2 more
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Are family firms more locally embedded than non-family firms?
, 2021 Family firms are a keystone in many countries as they provide employment opportunities and help the economy grow and prosper. As a result, family firms have been extensively studied; however, there are important aspects that still need to be better ...
Stefano Amato +2 more
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Ownership concentration, control, and capital structure in family and non-family firms
, 2022 The objective of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between the firm’s ownership and control structure and its leverage. Capital structure is not only the result of various financial characteristics of the firm but also depends on who ...
Pacheco, Luís Miguel
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Non–family Managers in Family Small and medium firms
Ciencias Económicas, 2017 The aim of this article is to delveinto the relationship between non-family managers and owners in family-ownedSMEs. It is a subject of increasing interest in both the academic and business world.
Lucila Mariel Garavaglia, Luca Del Bene
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Regional culture: The role of the invisible hand in shaping local family firms’ top management team
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 Research on family businesses has focused on the differences between family and non-family firms regarding the top management team (TMT), while this study further explores the difference within family firms from different regional culture based on the ...
Xiaodong Yu +5 more
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Family firms, risk-taking and financial distress [PDF]
Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2017 The authors investigate the question of whet her qualitative characteristics are likely to explain the survival of family firms in case of financial distress and whether these variables improve the explanatory power of quantitative variables in ...
Pietro Gottardo, Anna Maria Moisello
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Administrative Sciences, 2023 This paper aims to explore differences in personality traits, focusing on the levels of primary psychopathy, between formal leaders of family and non-family companies as well as assessing differences in the job satisfaction levels of their employees ...
Duarte Pimentel, André Pedra
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The Comparison of the Structure of Liquidities, Funding via Long-Term-Debts and Dividends in Family & Non Family Firms [PDF]
راهبرد مدیریت مالی, 2018 In recent years, with the expansion of family-owned companies in emerging economies, carrying out numerous studies is necessity. To this purpose, the present study investigates financial structure relationship in such firms.
Mohammad Hossein Vadieei +2 more
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Are Family Firms More Tax Aggressive Than Non-Family Firms?
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 Taxes represent a significant cost to the firm and shareholders, and it is generally expected that shareholders prefer tax aggressiveness. However, this argument ignores potential non-tax costs that can accompany tax aggressiveness, especially those arising from agency problems.
CHEN, Shuping +3 more
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