Essays about: "Family-controlled business"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Family-controlled business.

1. 1. Understanding the Role of Family-Controlled Investment Companies in Sustainable Development: A Study on Swedish Corporations listed on the OMX Stockholm Large Cap

   University essay from

   Author : Nick Hellström; Karl Jakob Härgestam; Maxmilian Stenström; [2023]
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   Abstract : Background: Research has shown the need for a transition into business models incorporating environmental, social and governance in their organizations to achieve sustainable development. Family-controlled and owned investment corporations have the potential to use their leverage and influence to encourage sustainable development. READ MORE

3. 2. The impact of family ownership on capital structure - Empirical evidence from Swedish family firms

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Hassan Khadhem; Safaa Ishak; [2023]
   Keywords : Family ownership; capital structure; corporate governance; agency theory.;

   Abstract : This study investigates how family ownership affects firms' financing decisions in Sweden. The study uses data on publicly listed firms in Sweden from 2014-2019 with 730 firm-year observations. Sweden has a significant portion of family firms and a business environment where control-enhancing mechanisms are used to a large extent. READ MORE

4. 3. Preserving Values: When the Family is the Future. A qualitative study of pro-sustainable behavior in Swedish Family Businesses.

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

   Author : Marcus Rajkowski; Marcus Falck; [2020]
   Keywords : Family Business; Values; Organizational Culture; Long-Term Orientation; Sustainability;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to explore how family values influence the sustainability practices of family businesses in a long-term perspective, using Schein's Model of Organizational Culture. A multiple-case study of three long-standing, fully family-controlled firms was constructed to examine the purpose of the study. READ MORE

5. 4. Family Firms and Clean Technologies : A qualitative study exploring how a firm’s ownership status influences implementation of clean technologies

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Bilal Ahmad; Sunisa Hemphoom; [2018]
   Keywords : Clean technology; Family-controlled business; non-family-controlled business; Long-term orientation;

   Abstract : Abstract Background: Sustainability practices have become a crucial factor for firms since there are external and internal pressures that expect firms to act environmentally friendly. Especially within organizations that are owned by family, being sustainable enables them to pass their firm in a good condition to the next generation. READ MORE

6. 5. Understanding Socioemotional Wealth – Examining SEW and Its Effect on Internationalization

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Qing Lan; [2015]
   Keywords : socioemotional wealth SEW ; Hidden Champions; family firm; family-controlled firm; family-owned MNCs; internationalization;

   Abstract : SEW refers to the stock of affect-related values that an owning family derives from its family business. As a promising theoretical concept, the SEW has been used widely to explain the diverse strategic choices of family firms compared to non-family firms. READ MORE