Long-term Orientation of Family Firms An Investigation of R&D Investments, Downsizing Practices, and Executive Pay /
Recently, firms have been criticized for focusing too strongly on the short term and for neglecting investments in assets and capabilities required for long-term success, such as investments in R&D or in employee training. Family firms are considered to be different. They are commonly assumed to...
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| Language: | English |
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Wiesbaden :
Gabler,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Family firms
- Long-term orientation of firms
- Data and method
- Performance of family firms
- Family firms and R&D spending
- Family firms and employment downsizing
- Family firms and executive pay
- Executive pay in family firms: a principal-agent model
- Summary, implications, and outlook.
