Empirical evidence is offered about the change in ownership structure following Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and its impact on the long-term stock performance of family-owned firms in Germany. The data analyzed include 105 IPOs of founding family-owned firms floated between January 1970 and...

Family firms are an important phenomenon of the German capital market. We analyse the broadest market segment of the German Stock Exchange, the CDAX, for the years 1998 to 2008. According to a founding-family definition almost half of all CDAX-listed non-financial firms in Germany can be...

Introduction -- Literature, Underlying Concepts and Research Gaps -- Methodology and Research Questions -- History of the German Industrial Landscape between 1958 and 2018 -- Quantitative Analysis: The 250 Largest Enterprises of 1958 and 2018 -- Long-term Analysis I: The 250 Largest Enterprises...

On-farm innovations have the potential to increase both agricultural productivity and income while mitigating environmental impacts. However, as adopting innovations can lead to risks, it is important to understand the role of farmers' risk attitudes. We quantified Dutch arable farmers' risk...