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Earning quality in acquired and non-acquired family firms

We develop a socioemotional wealth explanation for the differences in earnings quality between family firms. We argue that the process by which families obtain ownership of firms is a key contingency affecting earnings quality. Specifically, firms acquired by families through market transactions di...

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Main Author: Pazzaglia, Federica
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2013
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245 |a Earning quality in acquired and non-acquired family firms  |c a socioemotional wealth perspective / Pazzaglia, Federica. 
260 |c 2013 
300 |a 374 - 386 
520 |a We develop a socioemotional wealth explanation for the differences in earnings quality between family firms. We argue that the process by which families obtain ownership of firms is a key contingency affecting earnings quality. Specifically, firms acquired by families through market transactions display lower earnings quality due to lower identification of family owners relative to firms still owned by the families that created them. Acquired family firms benefit with respect to their earnings quality from having a nonfamily CEO while nonacquired family firms benefit from having a family CEO. 
773 |a Family Business Review  |d Dec 
999 |c 43710  |d 43710