Dans cet article nous analysons l’impact de l’appartenance à un groupe de PME sur la rentabilité et le risque individuel des entreprises. Nous observons que, contrairement aux grands groupes familiaux dans le monde, les groupes de PME à contrôle familial en France, ont majoritairement...

This paper investigates the influence of a firm’s distance from control on its performance, using a unique firm level data set on small business ownership, as well as balance sheet information. This study fills a gap in the empirical governance literature by investigating whether or not there...

This paper uses a very large sample of French SMEs to study growth of small businesses. Firms are distinguished according to the intensity of family control. The estimated relationship accounts for firm characteristics of size, age, sector, and ease to access credit. The results show that firms...

This paper develops a theoretical model predicting the difference in investment policy between entrepreneurs and family founders based on the firm ownership flexibility. Moreover, this paper provides evidence on the fact that small business with less flexible ownership structure does not exploit...