The family business map : framework, selective survey, and evidence from Chinese family firm succession

• Main Authors: Bennedsen, Morten, Fan, Joseph P.H., Jian, Ming, Yeh, Yin-Hua
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Business::Finance::Corporate finance
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107245; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25342
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper analyzes the causes and consequences of founding family engagement in firm ownership and management. We hypothesize that families manage their firms because they are able to make contributions that non-family managers cannot provide. However, roadblocks arising from within the family, fro...