Essays about: "Christian Ludwigs"

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  1. 1. How Does Family Control Influence a Firm's Acquisition and Divestiture Behavior? Evidence from Swedish Listed Firms

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Tim Käsbach; Christian Ludwigs; [2014]
    Keywords : Family firms; acquisitions; divestitures; corporate diversification;

    Abstract : This paper investigates how family control affects a firm's propensity to undertake acquisitions and divestitures as well as the performance consequences of these transactions. Making use of manually collected data on 242 Swedish listed companies during the period 2003-2012, we do not find evidence that family firms are less likely to engage in acquisitions than non-family firms. READ MORE