How do family ownership, control and management affect firm value?

被引:2023
作者
Villalonga, Belen
Amit, Raphael
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Boston, MA 02163 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Wharton Sch, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
family firms; ownership; control; management; value;
D O I
10.1016/j.jfineco.2004.12.005
中图分类号
F8 [财政、金融];
学科分类号
0202 ;
摘要
Using proxy data on all Fortune-500 firms during 1994-2000, we find that family ownership creates value only when the founder serves as CEO of the family firm or as Chairman with a hired CEO. Dual share classes, pyramids, and voting agreements reduce the founder's premium. When descendants serve as CEOs, firm value is destroyed. Our findings suggest that the classic owner-manager conflict in nonfamily firms is more costly than the conflict between family and nonfamily shareholders in founder-CEO firms. However, the conflict between family and nonfamily shareholders in descendant-CEO firms is more costly than the owner-manager conflict in nonfamily firms. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:385 / 417
页数:33
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