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Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between the family governance evolutionary stages and the rate of return required by family businesses’ shareholders (ke), building on an institutional and relational governance lens. We make the distinction between the informal stage, the family council stage and the family constitution stage. Findings from a sample of Spanish private family firms reveal that family firms in the family constitution stage have a lower ke than family firms in the family council stage and the informal stage. Surprisingly, family firms in the family council stage seem to have a higher ke than family firms that are in the informal stage, which points to ceremonial adoption effects and a mismatch between governance needs and practices in the family council stage. We also find that the effect of different family governance stages on ke is conditional on the number of family shareholders.
摘要 本文从制度和关系治理的视角出发,研究了家族治理演变阶段与家族企业股东(ke)所需回报率之间的关系。我们区分了非正式阶段、家族理事会阶段和家族宪法阶段。西班牙私营家族企业样本的研究结果表明,处于家族宪法阶段的家族企业的 ke 比处于家族委员会阶段和非正式阶段的家族企业低。令人惊讶的是,处于家族委员会阶段的家族企业似乎比处于非正式阶段的家族企业拥有更高的 ke,这表明了仪式采用效应以及家族委员会阶段的治理需求与实践之间的不匹配。我们还发现,不同家族治理阶段对 ke 的影响取决于家族股东的数量。
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