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The effect of globalization on commitment to ethical corporate governance and corporate social responsibility in Lebanon
Charbaji, Abdulrazzak - In: Social Responsibility Journal 5 (2009) August, pp. 376-387
responsibility (CSR) and ethical corporate governance in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 278 university educated … employees of public and private firms in Lebanon were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire on various issues …-sector organizations in Lebanon is mainly influenced by globalization and a desire to practice CSR, whereas such commitment among private …
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Board of directors and financial performance in the Middle East
Salloum, Charbel; Bouri, Elie; Schmitt, Christophe - In: International Journal of Business Performance Management 14 (2013) 3, pp. 274-292
Lebanon. Our findings may well urge Lebanese investors and regulators toward the implementation of governance practices, to …
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Principal–principal conflicts in Lebanese unlisted family firms
Azoury, Nehme; Bouri, Elie - In: Journal of Management and Governance 19 (2015) 2, pp. 461-493
-held family firms from Lebanon, we find that the inequality between cash flow and voting rights of the controlling shareholders … minority shareholders from being abused. The relevance of our results is not limited to Lebanon but can be transferable to …
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Innovationsverhalten in Familienunternehmen
Hülsbeck, Marcel; Lehmann, Erik E.; Weiß, Dominik; … - Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität … - 2011
Familienunternehmen gelten in der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung als besonders innovativ und als Hidden Champions der … unterschiedlichen Ergebnissen. Einerseits wird Familienunternehmen ein besonderer Unternehmergeist bescheinigt, der sie besonders …
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Managing the insolvency risk of insurance companies : proceedings of the Second International Conference on Insurance Solvency
Cummins, J. D. (contributor) - 1991
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Family business governance for ensuring a qualified management succession in a family business – how to cope with the increasing amount of management successions in German family b...
Weissenberger-Eibl, Marion A.; Spieth, Patrick - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 1 (2008) 1, pp. 38-50
Family businesses are the fundamental basis of the German medium-sized enterprises. Business succession planning, i.e., transfer of management functions and ownership to one or more family members, gained a significant importance over the last few years. This article aims to analyse the...
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Family business governance for ensuring a qualified management succession in a family business -- how to cope with the increasing amount of management successions in German family...
Weissenberger-Eibl, Marion A.; Spieth, Patrick - In: International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance 1 (2008) 1, pp. 38-50
Family businesses are the fundamental basis of the German medium-sized enterprises. Business succession planning, i.e., transfer of management functions and ownership to one or more family members, gained a significant importance over the last few years. This article aims to analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048698
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The relationship among family business, corporate governance and firm performance: Evidence from the Mexican stock exchange
San Martin-Reyna, J.M.; Duran-Encalada, Jorge A. - In: Journal of Family Business Strategy 3 (2012) 2, pp. 106-117
This study aims to examine whether there are differences in performance between family and non-family firms, taking into account the peculiarities of the Mexican corporate governance system. We propose an analysis that allows us to conduct a comprehensive study and comparison between companies...
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The Corporate Social Responsibility of Family Businesses: An International Approach
Hirigoyen, Gérard; Poulain-Rehm, Thierry - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 2 (2014) 3, pp. 240-265
This study analyzes the links between listed family businesses and social responsibility. On the theoretical level, it establishes a relationship between socioemotional wealth, proactive stakeholder engagement, and the social responsibility of family businesses. On a practical level, our results...
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Adoptive expectations: Rising sons in Japanese family firms
Mehrotra, Vikas; Morck, Randall; Shim, Jungwook; … - In: Journal of Financial Economics 108 (2013) 3, pp. 840-854
We find inherited family firms more important in postwar Japan than generally realized, and also performing well on average. Non-consanguineous heir-run firms outperform blood heirs' firms, and roughly match founder-run listed firms, while blood heirs surpass professional managers at running...
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