Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between family-managed firms and firm employment growth by considering the effects of location and economic crisis as moderating variables. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses random-effect models on a large panel dataset of Spanish...

Corporate governance has become a global phenomenon. This book highlights, through various case studies, how corporate governance has evolved in a number of countries around the world. The international cast of contributors, from varying professional backgrounds including academics, lawyers and...

When families are large firm's owners, different shareholders' combinations may appear. This paper describes Spanish family firms' shareholder structures and explains which first-second largest shareholders' combinations are most common. The paper shows that the most common combination within...