Do family firms perform better? Evidence from Singapore Exchange

• Main Authors: Kee, Lee Teck, Thia, Edwin Yann Chong, Teo, Randy Rui Di
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences; DRNTU::Humanities; DRNTU::Business::Operations management::Family owned business enterprises; DRNTU::Science::General::Economic and business aspects; DRNTU::Business::Management::Decision making; DRNTU::Business::Finance; DRNTU::Business::Accounting::Corporate governance
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66387
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Existing literature have established family firms as a common form of firm ownership type but there have been mixed results on their performance as compared to non-family firms. Furthermore, three main strands of literature are identified to relate closely to firm performance. Firstly, the relation...