... that family firms are more likely to commit fraud than non-family firms possibly because of the aim to preserve socioemotional wealth and the weakness of regulatory systems (i.e., in the Latin American region). We find that family firms can offset such frailties by diversifying the board of directors (i.e...

...Yuying Sun Using a sample of 2,000 largest industrial firms in the U.S, we investigate how family involvement influences corporate diversity and whether a governance mechanism – dual-class share structure – moderates this effect. Contrary to typical socioemotional wealth (SEW) predictions, we argue...

...Jijun Gao; Jijun Liu; Yefeng Wang Using a sample of 2,000 largest industrial firms in the U.S, we investigate how family involvement influences corporate diversity and whether a governance mechanism – dual-class share structure – moderates this effect. Contrary to typical socioemotional wealth (SEW...