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C/B/1514. Family firms and Corporate Governance

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2009
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The paper looks at family firms comparing the features of family business in Portugal with the features of family business in the UK and USA. A review of literature is presented touching on the demography of family firms, their strengths and weaknesses, the typical conflicts within family firms, Hofstede's theory of cultural dimensions, etc. Conclusions are made about the differences in corporate governance between family and non-family firms with respect to national cultures.

 

KEYWORDS: Family firms, corporate governance, Portugal, Anglo-American, generation conflict, cultural dimensions,

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