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Value drivers in Finnish family-owned firms: profitability, growth and risk

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  • Erkki K. Laitinen

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This study provides new insights into value creation in family firms by analysing the interactions between value drivers and their determinants. Three value drivers are defined: profitability, growth and risk. The determinants include variables on performance measurement, control systems, perceived uncertainty, competition, success factors, products, strategy, size, industry, and age. The data, which were extracted from a survey of Finnish firms, consisted of responses from 59 Family-Owned Firms (FOFs) and 34 Non-Family-Owned Firms (NFOFs). The multivariate GLM was used as a statistical method. Empirical analysis showed that value creation logic in FOFs differs from that in NFOFs. In NFOFs value creation is more growth-oriented and in FOFs more profitability-oriented. Different determinants affect the value drivers in these groups. The financial leverage effect of debt on risk behaviour in FOFs was supported by the evidence. Finnish FOFs have increased return on equity at the expense of increased risk caused by additional debt.

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  • Erkki K. Laitinen, 2008. "Value drivers in Finnish family-owned firms: profitability, growth and risk," International Journal of Accounting and Finance, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 1(1), pages 1-41.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:intjaf:v:1:y:2008:i:1:p:1-41
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    1. Martha Isabel Bojorquez Zapata & Antonio Emmanuel Perez Brito & Jorge Humberto Basulto Triay, 2014. "Financial Management In The Family And Non-Family Smeâ´S In The Textile Industry In Mexico," Accounting & Taxation, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 6(2), pages 49-57.
    2. José Luis Esparza-Aguilar & Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema & Antonio Duréndez, 2016. "The effect of accounting information systems on the performance of Mexican micro, small and medium-sized family firms," Tourism Economics, , vol. 22(5), pages 1104-1120, October.

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