This paper examines how family and non-family ownership affects the performance of Swiss listed firms from 2003 to 2010. We distinguish between these two types of controlling shareholders since they have different objectives. We hypothesise that only family shareholders have a real incentive to...

This study examines the impact of company performance and ownership on CEO turnover and tenure in Swiss companies. Both market-based and accounting-based measures of performance are found to increase the likelihood of forced CEO departure yet to be unrelated to CEO tenure. Swiss CEOs are...