Table 2 Distribution of the sample by...

Table 2

Distribution of the sample by presence of a dominant shareholder

Country	Family firms with a dominant shareholder				Family firms without a dominant shareholder
	Firms		Observations		Firms		Observations
	N	%	n	%	N	%	N	%
Austria	3	2.08	23	1.71	3	0.34	30	0.37
Belgium	10	6.94	89	6.60	8	0.91	83	1.02
Denmark	2	1.39	18	1.34	26	2.96	249	3.05
Finland	4	2.78	40	2.97	32	3.64	318	3.89
France	50	34.72	473	35.09	236	26.85	2,264	27.69
Germany	19	13.19	180	13.35	131	14.90	1,238	15.14
Greece	9	6.25	82	6.08	95	10.81	920	11.25
Italy	7	4.86	63	4.67	57	6.48	382	4.67
The Netherlands	7	4.86	69	5.12	4	0.46	40	0.49
Norway	4	2.78	33	2.45	9	1.02	76	0.93
Portugal	1	0.69	7	0.52	5	0.57	43	0.53
Spain	4	2.78	35	2.60	24	2.73	231	2.83
Sweden	10	6.94	100	7.42	40	4.55	400	4.89
Switzerland	9	6.25	89	6.60	40	4.55	399	4.88
United Kingdom	5	3.47	47	3.49	169	19.23	1,503	18.38
Total	144	100.00	956	100.00	879	100.00	8,176	100.00

Country	Family firms with a dominant shareholder				Family firms without a dominant shareholder
	Firms		Observations		Firms		Observations
	N	%	n	%	N	%	N	%
Austria	3	2.08	23	1.71	3	0.34	30	0.37
Belgium	10	6.94	89	6.60	8	0.91	83	1.02
Denmark	2	1.39	18	1.34	26	2.96	249	3.05
Finland	4	2.78	40	2.97	32	3.64	318	3.89
France	50	34.72	473	35.09	236	26.85	2,264	27.69
Germany	19	13.19	180	13.35	131	14.90	1,238	15.14
Greece	9	6.25	82	6.08	95	10.81	920	11.25
Italy	7	4.86	63	4.67	57	6.48	382	4.67
The Netherlands	7	4.86	69	5.12	4	0.46	40	0.49
Norway	4	2.78	33	2.45	9	1.02	76	0.93
Portugal	1	0.69	7	0.52	5	0.57	43	0.53
Spain	4	2.78	35	2.60	24	2.73	231	2.83
Sweden	10	6.94	100	7.42	40	4.55	400	4.89
Switzerland	9	6.25	89	6.60	40	4.55	399	4.88
United Kingdom	5	3.47	47	3.49	169	19.23	1,503	18.38
Total	144	100.00	956	100.00	879	100.00	8,176	100.00

Note(s): This table shows the number and percentage of firms and observations by country, based on the definition of family firms with a dominant or without a dominant shareholder

Source(s): Authors’ own elaboration

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