Family Control of Firms and Industries
"We test what explains family control of firms and industries and find that the explanation is largely contingent on the identity of families and individual blockholders. Founders and their families are more likely to retain control when doing so gives the firm a competitive advantage, thereby benefiting all shareholders. In contrast, nonfounding families and individual blockholders are more likely to retain control when they can appropriate private benefits of control. Families are more likely to maintain control when the efficient scale is small, the need to monitor employees is high, investment horizons are long, and the firm has dual-class stock." Copyright (c) 2010 Financial Management Association International.
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2010
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Authors: | Villalonga, Belén ; Amit, Raphael |
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Financial Management. - Financial Management Association - FMA. - Vol. 39.2010, 3, p. 863-904
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Financial Management Association - FMA |
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