Family control and ownership monitoring in family-controlled firms in Japan

• Main Authors: YOSHIKAWA, Toru, RASHEED, Abdul A.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: Asian Studies; Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations; Strategic Management Policy
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/2907; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/3906/viewcontent/Yoshikawa_2010_Journal_of_Management_Studies.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper focuses on a type of firms that have been traditionally neglected in both family business and governance research, namely, family-controlled, publicly-listed firms. Although principal-agent conflicts may be less prevalent in such firms, family control can potentially give rise to principa...