... on Italian unlisted firms that investigates the relationship between agency costs and religiosity. Agency costs Social values Religion Culture (sociology) Corporate finance Corporate ownership One of the current business and management issues that affects listed and unlisted firms...

..., the definition of the Family Business Firms Institute [2] was considered; this definition establishes four requirements: Work‐life balance Ownership structure Manager attitudes Small business Corporate ownership Managers Small enterprises The business environment has changed enormously...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Employees Public policy Corporate ownership Employee participation Employee ownership is currently attracting considerable attention in the press across the globe. For example, in February 2008, there were 1,436 press articles published...

... structure choice: coinsurance effect, organizational economics and agency theory. Larry D. Su can be contacted at: d.su@gre.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Corporate strategy Corporate finances Corporate governance Corporate ownership Public sector organizations China...

... leads to better performance. Decision making Organizational performance Small to medium‐sized enterprises Corporate ownership The importance of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to the UK economy is well documented (Wren, 2001 ; DTI, 1996). The majority of SMEs are owner‐managed...