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 – 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 – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the mandatory adoption of corporate governance mechanisms on serious firm issues (earnings manipulation, management effectiveness and firm's financing). Design/methodology/approach – Cross-sectional analysis is employed to...

Purpose – To attempt to relate the mean returns and price volatility of a selected sample of 30 companies listed in Athens stock exchange (ATHEX), to the introduction of the legal framework concerning corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach - The essence of this approach is...

Purpose – To attempt to relate the mean returns and price volatility of a selected sample of 30 companies listed in Athens stock exchange (ATHEX), to the introduction of the legal framework concerning corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach – The essence of this approach is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of the mandatory adoption of corporate governance mechanisms on serious firm issues (earnings manipulation, management effectiveness and firm's financing). Design/methodology/approach – Cross‐sectional analysis is employed to...

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 -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...