Family ties, do they matter? family ownership and firm performance in Peru.

This paper studies the relationship between ownership concentration, family ownership, management, and market and accounting performance for 59 industrial firms listed in the Lima Stock Exchange during the period of 1999 to 2005. An inverted U-shaped relationship was found between ownership concentr...

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Autores:
Benavides Franco, Julián
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad ICESI
Repositorio:
Repositorio ICESI
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.icesi.edu.co:10906/79817
Acceso en línea:
http://www.virtusinterpress.org/FAMILY-TIES-DO-THEY-MATTER-FAMILY.html
http://hdl.handle.net/10906/79817
http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv9i4art7
Palabra clave:
Economía
Empresas familiares
Perú
Bolsa de valores
Negocios y management
Economics
Business
Rights
openAccess
License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Summary:This paper studies the relationship between ownership concentration, family ownership, management, and market and accounting performance for 59 industrial firms listed in the Lima Stock Exchange during the period of 1999 to 2005. An inverted U-shaped relationship was found between ownership concentration and market performance in both family and non-family firms, pointing out an entrenchment effect or excessive risk aversion of the controlling group. This effect is worsened for family firms. The presence of family members as CEOs, Chairmen and Board Members is also negative for a firm’s performance and family ownership was found to increase the leverage of a firm.