Abstract
In this article, we argue that firms in high-margin industries can benefit from founding family influence. Specifically, in more profitable markets, the influence of the founding family provides an additional corporate governance-monitoring function. The sample consists of 294 firm-year observations from 98 publicly traded companies headquartered in Sweden, representing approximately half of all non-financial traded firms. Our support that the effect of family leadership in publicly held firms should be assessed in relation to the intensity of industry competition.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 397-407 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Small Business Economics |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2009 |