The Corporate Social Responsibility of Family Businesses: An International Approach

Autor: Gérard Hirigoyen, Thierry Poulain-Rehm
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: International Journal of Financial Studies, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 240-265 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2227-7072
DOI: 10.3390/ijfs2030240
Popis: This study analyzes the links between listed family businesses and social responsibility. On the theoretical level, it establishes a relationship between socioemotional wealth, proactive stakeholder engagement, and the social responsibility of family businesses. On a practical level, our results (obtained from a sample of 363 companies) show that family businesses do not differ from non-family businesses in many dimensions of social responsibility. Moreover, family businesses have statistically significant lower ratings for four sub-dimensions of “corporate governance”, namely “balance of power and effectiveness of the Board”, “audit and control mechanisms”, “engagement with shareholders and shareholder structure”, and “executive compensation”.
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