This study explores how the ownership structure of family firms gives these organizations a distinctive nature in terms … international diversification among these types of businesses. We have studied three factors related to ownership structure: the … degree of family ownership and the type and degree of ownership of the second largest shareholder (another family or a …

. Secondly, the impact of ownership structure on the share price performance and corporate risk is empirically analysed for …

activism. Taking explicitly into account the effect of a majority requirement for intervention in the management of a firm, we …

This paper shows that pyramidal ownership - a prevalent organizational structure among French corporations - has … sizeable agency costs. These agency costs arise because ownership pyramids tend to agnify the degree of separation between … ownership and control: a group leader may have effective control over a subsidiary, while holding a small fraction of its cash …

policy relating to cross media and ownership restrictions in India. The comments of all stakeholders on the issues discussed …

The pattern of ownership and control of British industry is unusual compared with most other countries in that … ownership is relatively dispersed. Typically the largest shareholder in any large listed company is likely to own a voting … minority of the shares. Majority ownership by a single shareholder is unusual. It is not uncommon for the largest shareholding …

about this concentration.The main characteristics of the Belgian corporate ownership and equity market can be summarised as … ownership concentration with an average largest direct shareholding of 45%, (iii) holding companies and families, and to a … control blocks through business group structures and voting pacts, (iv) control is levered by pyramidal and complex ownership …