An Analysis of Risk-Taking in Family Firms Listed in B3
This work analyses the statistical relationship between family firms and risk-taking. It seeks to contribute to the growing literature on family firms by reviewing the literature on the characteristics that distinguish them from non-family firms, aiming to innovate by approaching a less-used constru...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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FUCAPE Business School
2020-01-01
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| Series: | BBR: Brazilian Business Review |
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| Online Access: | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=123064005003 |
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| Summary: | This work analyses the statistical relationship between family firms and risk-taking. It seeks to contribute to the growing literature on family firms by reviewing the literature on the characteristics that distinguish them from non-family firms, aiming to innovate by approaching a less-used construct for this type of firm: risk-taking. The literature on both constructs is reviewed, using theoretical and empirical works to develop the following research hypothesis: tfamily firms are more averse to risk-taking than non-family firms. This hypothesis is tested empirically using econometrics procedures in a sample with 1188 observations from publicly traded companies listed on B3. The results indicate that the presence of family firms negatively affect risk-taking. Thus, it can be concluded that family firms seem to be less prone to risk-taking than non-family firms. |
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| ISSN: | 1807-734X |