Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the ownership of public firms is related to accounting and market performance, comparing family and non-family listed firms. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses regression analysis, considering a sample of Portuguese family and...

Purpose -While advantageous, the role of family control is under-explored in finance. Family ownership can help guarantee stability of business and long-term planning. The purpose of this study is to examine whether block-holder ownership differentially affects the long-term performance of...

Purpose -Corporate governance (CG) has mainly focused on highly dispersed corporations. This paper has two objectives: to enrich the debate in this area and to contribute to the increasing body of literature by exploring the CG of the listed family firms in Greece; and to place the CG practices of...

Purpose -The aim of this paper is to analyse how financial decisions influence corporate ownership structure of Spanish family and non-family controlled firms. Design/methodology/approach -The authors derived two models in line with financial theory, which have then been estimated by using a...

Purpose – While advantageous, the role of family control is under‐explored in finance. Family ownership can help guarantee stability of business and long‐term planning. The purpose of this study is to examine whether block‐holder ownership differentially affects the long‐term...

Purpose – Corporate governance (CG) has mainly focused on highly dispersed corporations. This paper has two objectives: to enrich the debate in this area and to contribute to the increasing body of literature by exploring the CG of the listed family firms in Greece; and to place the CG practices...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to analyse how financial decisions influence corporate ownership structure of Spanish family and non‐family controlled firms. Design/methodology/approach – The authors derived two models in line with financial theory, which have then been estimated by...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the ownership of public firms is related to accounting and market performance, comparing family and non-family listed firms. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses regression analysis, considering a sample of Portuguese family...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of capital structure using a cross-section sample of 1,481 non-financial firms listed on the Chinese stock exchanges in 2011. Design/methodology/approach -Employing four leverage measures (total leverage and long-term leverage...

Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to review recent research on the structure of equity ownership and its impact on firm value. In doing so, the paper outlines the main issues, surveys the more recent work, and highlights the most promising developments on this topic....