In January 2010 the Deutsche Börse Group introduced two family firm stock indices. Both indices are calculated as price and performance indices and extend the number of investment strategy indices of Deutsche Börse Group. The DAXplus Family is an all-share index whereas the DAXplus Family 30...

In January 2010 the Deutsche Börse Group introduced two family firm stock indices. Both indices are calculated as price and performance indices and extend the number of investment strategy indices of Deutsche Börse Group. The DAXplus Family is an all-share index whereas the DAXplus Family 30...

In January 2010 the Deutsche Börse Group introduced two family firm stock indices. Both indices are calculated as price and performance indices and extend the number of investment strategy indices of Deutsche Börse Group. The DAXplus Family is an all-share index whereas the DAXplus Family 30...

Around the world (with the U.S. and U.K. as exceptions) concentrated ownershipstructures and controlling shareholders are predominant even among listed firms. We providenovel empirical evidence how such controlling shareholders, in particular founding families,affect payout policy decisions....

In January 2010 the Deutsche Börse Group introduced two family firm stock indices. Both indices are calculated as price and performance indices and extend the number of investment strategy indices of Deutsche Börse Group. The DAXplus Family is an all-share index whereas the DAXplus Family 30...

We examine ownership dynamics in listed founding-family firms over the period 1996–2008. In order to enlarge the understanding of persistence of ownership influence, we analyze determinants of change in the light of family-firm heterogeneity. We detect ownership decreases and increases, alike....

Based on 1182 dyads of venture capitalists and German portfolio companies involved ina financing round between 2002 and 2007, we examine the importance of spatialproximity between investors and investees in a dense economy. We find that theprobability of a financing relationship decreases by 8%...

paper analyzes the impact of model complexity on the valuation of project financed investments along two dimensions: The NPV distribution and the expected default probability of the project. Model complexity is separated in forecast and simulation complexity. Thereby, we aim to identify elements...