Founders and founding-families are amongst the most influential individual blockholders of publicly-listed firms worldwide. Yet, their inherent heterogeneity resulted in mixed evidence on family firm effects in existing studies. This work presents a conceptual approach based on three particular owner identity types—lone founders, family founders, and heirs. This differentiation is applied in advanced econometrical methods leading to economically important insights on owner identity related particularities in corporate governance, policy decisions, performance, and long-term orientation.
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Founders and founding-families are amongst the most influential individual blockholders of publicly-listed firms worldwide. Yet, their inherent heterogeneity resulted in mixed evidence on family firm effects in existing studies. This work presents a conceptual approach based on three particular owner identity types—lone founders, family founders, and heirs. This differentiation is applied in advanced econometrical methods leading to economically important insights on owner identity related parti...
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