The influence of the CEO in listed family businesses

dc.contributor.authorSánchez Pulido, Laura
dc.contributor.authorGallizo Larraz, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Gené, Jordi
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-11T09:48:17Z
dc.date.available2020-03-11T09:48:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractPurpose: Our objective is to analyze the influence that the type of CEO has on the management of listed family businesses in Spain, distinguishing between whether the CEO is a family member or not. The study mainly focuses on his/her influence on levels of profitability. Design/methodology: During de period from, 2012 to 2016, with data coming from Iberian Balance Sheet Analysis System (SABI) database. To analyze the effects of the CEOs on family businesses, we carried out two kinds of analyses. First, a univariate analysis that allowed us to identify differences regarding profitability, financial structure, growth, and dividend payout policies, and secondly, a linear regression model to see the influence—as well as the effect and significance—that variables, including the type CEO, had on profitability. Findings: Our results show the existence of a double effect on the profitability of family businesses of having an outside CEO. First, there is a statistically significant negative effect that is derived from the non-family CEOs’ increased propensity to take on debt, and secondly, there is a positive causal effect on businesses’ profitability that has to do with the different management styles that outside CEOs bring to the table, as they are more focused on profits. The results support the importance of having non-family CEOs in listed family businesses in Spain. Research limitations/implications: Our study focused on family businesses listed on the Spanish stock market, which means that the number of companies that were analyzed was reduced and the results cannot be extended to other kinds of businesses. However, this fact did enable us to get more high-quality data and focus on a specific field that was appropriate for considering the problem we proposed. Originality/value: While many studies have compared the performance of family businesses with that of non-family businesses, few have considered that family businesses are not homogeneous and that they have different management styles. And, These styles are determined by the type of CEO that is leading the company; this fact is analyzed empirically in this article.ca_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by The Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness under Research Project ECO2016-79392-P; and the Institute of Social and Territorial Development (INDEST).ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3926/ic.1353
dc.identifier.idgrec029102
dc.identifier.issn1697-9818
dc.identifier.issn2014-3214
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/68189
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherOmniaScienceca_ES
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//ECO2016-79392-P/ES/ca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.3926/ic.1353ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofIntangible Capital, 2019, vol. 15, núm. 2, p. 128-142ca_ES
dc.rightscc-by-nc (c) Sánchez Pulido, et al., 2019ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectFamily businessca_ES
dc.subjectFamily CEOca_ES
dc.subjectNon-family CEOca_ES
dc.titleThe influence of the CEO in listed family businessesca_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca_ES
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