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Socially responsible downsizing: Comparing family and non‐family firms
Business Ethics: A European Review, 2019AbstractThis study seeks to investigate whether family firms are more likely to downsize their workforce than their non‐family counterparts. Drawing on socioemotional wealth approach, we first explore the effect of family presence on workforce downsizing.
Maria J. Sanchez‐Bueno +2 more
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Risk perception of family and non-family firm managers
International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2013Family and non-family firm managers’ perception of risk in general and of both internal and external risks in particular have rarely been considered in the literature. Based on the results of a survey questionnaire, a principal component analysis reveals that managers perceive risk as a form of opportunity, uncertainty, and threat. Moreover, employees,
Johannes K. Brustbauer, Mike Peters
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Board independence and information asymmetry: family firms vs non-family firms
Asian Review of Accounting, 2019PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of independent directors in reducing firms’ information asymmetry. Moreover, the authors enrich this investigation by differentiating the effectiveness of independent directors in an intriguing comparative setting of family vs non-family firms.
Kean Wu, Susan Sorensen, Li Sun
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International Expansion and Firm Growth in Domestic Markets: Family Versus Non-Family Firms
Family Business Review, 2022This study examines the effects of international expansion on domestic growth in family firms (FFs) versus non-FFs. Integrating international business research into socioemotional wealth (SEW) theory, we argue that FFs seek to compensate for SEW losses (as implied by foreign direct investments) with SEW gains (associated with domestic growth).
Zona, Fabio +2 more
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Internationalisation of family and non-family firms: a conjoint experiment among CEOs
European J. of International Management, 2016The aim of this article is to shed light on the individual decision-making process of decision-makers in family and non-family firms in internationalisation activities, which depends on the intertwining of both economic and socioemotional reference points.
Mensching, Helge +3 more
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Are family firms more tax aggresive than non-family firms
2014Οι επιχειρήσεις γενικά έχουν μια τάση να μειώνουν το φόρο που πληρώνουν μέσα από ήπιες και νόμιμες διαδικασίας αποφυγής φόρου (tax avoidance). Εντούτοις,υπάρχουν και επιχειρήσεις που εφαρμόζουν ακόμα πιο επιθετικές τέτοιες πολιτικές (tax aggressiveness) που ξεπερνάνε τα όρια της νομιμότητας σε πολλές περιπτώσεις.
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Do Family Firms Purchase More Nonaudit Services than Non‐Family Firms?
International Journal of Auditing, 2017This study investigates the association between family ownership and the relative level of nonaudit service (NAS) fees paid to the incumbent auditors by public companies. Using data from S&P 1500 firms during the post‐SOX period 2002–2010, the study shows that the NAS fee ratio (the NAS fees relative to the total of audit and NAS fees) is higher ...
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Non-family CEO compensation and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese listed family firms
202032 pages ; Family firms account for more than half of listed firms in China, and they are confronted with serious challenge of introducing professional CEOs. In this paper, my research focuses on the performance implication of non-family CEO compensation. I study how non-family CEO compensation and their compensation gap with family members impact firm
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