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Founding family ownership and innovation

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  • Vincent Y.S. Chen
  • Shou-Min Tsao
  • Guang-Zheng Chen

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This study empirically examines the extent to which family ownership affects innovation. Using a sample of Taiwanese listed firms, we find that family firms invest more in innovation than nonfamily firms, suggesting that family firms' incentives to encourage innovation investment (e.g. long-run presence concern) outweigh families' risk diversification concern in making innovation decisions. Our results are more pronounced in families that have voting-cash flow rights divergence and that operate in high-tech industries. Our study suggests that the family ownership structure is not necessarily detrimental to shareholder interests, although prior research indicates that the agency cost of large and small shareholders is high in East Asian countries where family ownership can exacerbate this type of agency conflict.

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  • Vincent Y.S. Chen & Shou-Min Tsao & Guang-Zheng Chen, 2013. "Founding family ownership and innovation," Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 20(4), pages 429-456, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:raaexx:v:20:y:2013:i:4:p:429-456
    DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2012.762971
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    1. Chih-Yang Tseng, 2020. "Family firms and long-term orientation of SG&A expenditures," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 55(4), pages 1181-1206, November.
    2. Kai Zhao & Wanshu Wu, 2022. "Innovation of Family-Owned Enterprises and Government Subsidies: From A Policy-Oriented Perspective," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(20), pages 1-18, October.
    3. Tsao, Shou-Min & Lin, Che-Hung & Chen, Vincent Y.S., 2015. "Family ownership as a moderator between R&D investments and CEO compensation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 68(3), pages 599-606.
    4. Röd, Irina, 2016. "Disentangling the family firm’s innovation process: A systematic review," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 185-201.
    5. Kubota, Keiichi & Takehara, Hitoshi, 2019. "Firm-level innovation by Japanese family firms: Empirical analysis using multidimensional innovation measures," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 57(C).
    6. Kaiyang Sun & Rumintha Wickramasekera & Alvin Tan, 2022. "Exploring the Relationship Between Family Involvement and Innovative Capability in Chinese Family SMEs: The Role of HR Redundancy," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(2), pages 21582440221, May.
    7. Carmen Barroso-Castro & Marta Domínguez de la Concha Castañeda & Mª de los Ángeles Rodríguez Serrano, 2022. "Listed SMEs and innovation: the role of founding board members," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 18(2), pages 901-934, June.
    8. Chi, Yung-Ling, 2023. "The agency costs of family ownership: Evidence from innovation performance," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
    9. Yu-Lin Chen & Chao-Jung Chen, 2015. "Family firms and the incentive contracting role of accounting earnings," Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(4), pages 384-405, December.

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