• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Diversification and family control as determinants of performance: A study of listed business groups
  • Contributor: Hernández-Trasobares, Alejandro [Author]; Galve-Górriz, Carmen [Author]
  • imprint: Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2017
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iedeen.2016.04.001
  • ISSN: 2444-8834
  • Keywords: Performance ; Ultimate owner ; L25 ; Business group ; Diversification ; M21 ; Family firm
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  • Description: The study analyses the individual and joint impact of family control and diversification on the perfor-mance of major Spanish corporations, considering the nature of the ltimate owner of non-family groups.The study uses a sample of ninety-nine Spanish corporations, each comprising a parent company listed onthe stock exchange and a set of subsidiaries. Heckman’s two-step correction is used to eliminate selectionbias and the endogeneity of family ownership. Different models are contemplated in which we alysethe impact of both diversification and the family nature of a business on performance, established asTobin’s q-value. The results show how family control has a egative impact on Tobin’s q-value, and thatdifferences are greater between family groups and non-family groups controlled by banks and/or foreignagents. They also show ow diversification does not affect the creation of value either individually orconsidering the possible moderating effect of family ownership.
  • Access State: Open Access
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