I provide a short survey on recent research on the governance of closely held corporations. I focus on the strategic choice of ownership structure, the creation of family firms and the role of the board in the closely held corporation. Attention is payed to policyimplications of the research...

Access to finance and the financing terms are important for firms' in-vestments and thus the business cycle developments. Danish non-financial corporations to a large extent finance their non-financial investments internally e.g. via retained earnings. During a business cycle expansion the...