• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.179-196
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• 2013

This paper examines the difference in compensation structure between family firms and non-family firms in Korea. A manager's compensation is an important means of motivating a manager to make decisions for shareholders by mitigating conflicts of interest between them. However, the role of a manager's compensation can be weakened in family firms for the following reasons. First, a family member manager has fewer conflicts of interest, compared to a non-family member manager. Second, a family member manager has an intrinsic incentive to increase a firm's value (i.e., family wealth). Finally, a family member manager can monitor non-family member managers more effectively. For the reasons, the agency problem will be less severe in family firms and subsequently the role of compensation will be reduced. The empirical results show that pay-performance sensitivity is smaller in family firms than in non-family firms. The main result is robust to variations such as changes in family ownership, the definition of a family firm, and control variables. Furthermore, this paper compares the pay-performance sensitivity of Chaebol family firms with that of other firms. The result shows that the sensitivity is higher for Chaebol family firms, compared to that in other family firms and non-family firms.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권8호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2020

The purpose of this study is to test both the alignment theory and entertainment theory on family firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange. To achieve these goals, we collected secondary data from 164 non-financial family firms in various sectors during 2014-18. These family firms are classified into two categories: family control firms and family owned firms. We take the audit fee and the audit quality as dependent variables while family control firms, family-owned firms, and family CEOs as independent variables. In addition, the study uses leverage, profit and export as control variables. To test the effect of the explanatory variables on the output variables, we use two econometric models, Ordinary Least Square and the Probit regression model. In addition, Huber Sandwich test is used to check the non-normality and heteroscedasticity of panel data. Contrary to the alignment effect, the study supports the entrenchment effect and advocates that family-controlled firms as well as family-owned firms are not conscientious regarding the selection of external auditors during their contracts with audit firms. They are less likely to pay high audit fees for good quality audit in Pakistan. Furthermore, the study shows a statistically significant and positive relationship between audit quality and audit fees.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.674-680
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• 2013

본 연구는 유동성 제약이 가족기업과 비가족기업의 투자 지출에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대해 실증분석 하였다. 가족기업은 위험회피성향이 크고 기업의 성과와 명성을 중시하여 대리인 비용이 적을 것으로 예상되어 현금흐름이나 유동성 제약이 투자에 미치는 영향이 작을 것으로 기대 되었다. 유동성 제약이 기업 투자지출에 가족기업과 비가족기업이라는 지배구조 형태 별로 어떻게 달리 영향을 미치는가를 분석하기 위하여, 644 개의 한국거래소 상장기업에 대하여 2000년부터 2010년 까지 기업 재무 테이터를 사용하여 시계열 횡단면 회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과, 가족기업에서 현금흐름변수는 투자지출에 영향을 미치지 못한 반면, 비가족기업에서는 현금흐름 변수가 매우 민감하게 양의 영향을 주고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 현금흐름이 감소하여 유동성 제약에 직면하면 대리인 문제가 큰 비가족기업의 경우 투자는 크게 감소하나, 대리인 문제가 크지 않은 가족기업에서는 투자지출이 유동성 제약에 영향을 받지 않는다는 것을 시사한다. 이러한 연구로부터의 의의는 현금흐름에 대한 투자의 민감도가 기업의 유동성 제약 여부를 나타내는 유용한 지표가 될 수 있다는 점이다.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권9호
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• pp.61-73
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• 2022

The article examines the ownership structure and dividend payout behavior of India-listed firms using a panel regression approach. It focuses on family ownership and examines why dividend payouts of family firms differ from non-family firms. The study finds that family firms dominate and have concentrated ownership using data from the NSE-listed regular dividend-paying firms. Although family ownership concentration is high among Indian firms, these firms are not concerned about distributing cash as dividends. Instead, these firms focus on retaining and passing on control from one generation to the next. The evidence shows that family firms pay low dividends and have higher leverage than non-family counterparts. The results support the entrenchment of minority shareholders and the proposition that a high payout signals a reduction in the information asymmetry and level of risk. The study further illustrates that cash dividends tend to reduce the level of risk perceived; however, (cash dividend) leads to the deterioration firm's liquidity and aid in the shrinking of cash among emerging market firms. The originality of the paper lies in factoring ownership concentration while explaining the dividend behaviour from an emerging markets perspective, characterized by high private benefits and weak protection for external minority shareholders.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.77-86
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• 2019

The purpose of this study is to examine how the characteristics of family firms affect stock price crash risk. Prior studies argued that the opacity of information due to agency problem causes a plunge in stock prices. The governance characteristics of family firms can increase information opacity which leads to crash risk. Therefore, this study verifies whether family firms have a high possibility of stock price crash risk. We use a logistic regression model to test the relationship between family firms and stock price crash risk using listed firms listed on the Korean Stock Exchange during the fiscal years 2011 through 2017. The family firm is defined as the case where the controlling shareholder is the chief executive officer or the registered executive. If the controlling shareholder's share is less than 5%, it is not considered a family business. We found that family firms are more likely to experience a plunge in stock prices. This supports the hypothesis of this study that passive information disclosure behavior and information opacity of family firms increase stock price crash risk.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.63-73
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• 2022

In today's financial economics literature, the impact of innovative family ownership and management on firm performance is a prominent concern. In this study, the existence of family firms in the listed sector of Pakistan's economy is investigated. The objective of this study is to examine the performance-oriented relationship of family ownership and active involvement of family member at the CEO position. The theoretical perspectives that underpin this research are agency and stewardship. This analysis used a sample of 315 publicly traded companies from 2009 to 2019. The study's primary independent variables include family influence on ownership and family CEO. Financial performance is the dependent variable that is divided into accounting and market measures. The proxy for accounting measure is return on asset and proxy for market measure is Tobin's Q. This study employs univariate and balanced panel data analysis. For robustness of the analysis random-effects GLS regression is carried out. The empirical results show that that Family Firms outperform Non-Family Firms both in terms of accounting and market measures. In the later part family CEOs firms outperform the firms that have either insider or outsider non-family CEOs. This superior performance is subjected to the positive and statistically significant association between family ownership, management, and financial performance.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.25-39
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• 2021

Purpose - This study aims to examine whether family firm governance is related to long-term corporate survival. To find out whether and why family firms have higher chances of long-term survival compared to non family firms, this study analyzes the relationship between some governance characteristics that are prevalent in family firms and corporate long-term viability. Design/methodology/approach - This study utilizes a sample of 285 family firms listed on the Korea Stock Exchange (KSE) to probe the influence of governance characteristics on corporate survival. This study conducts Cox proportional hazard regression analysis to estimate the influences on the survival duration. Findings - The results indicate that firms with particular governance characteristics show higher long-term survivability. Specifically, the probability of firm's long-term survival is increased when the CEO is the largest shareholder, which may be related to CEO's stewardship attitudes. Research implications or Originality - This study has significance in that it examines the direct causal variables that enhance long-term corporate viability through a large scale empirical examination. Also, the study findings provide some clues as to why certain family firms outlive non-family firms.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.161-182
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• 2017

This qualitative case study explored seven non-certified firms' family-friendly cultures and their responses to the family-friendly certification through interviews with the human resources managers. The results from the data analysis revealed within firm's differences and a gap among those firms. In addition, their responses to the family-friendly certification were classified into three categories: a positive group, indifference group, and negative group. From the results of the firms' various family-friendly cultures and the firms' various responses to the family-friendly certification, we suggested several issues on the family-friendly certification system's improvement and the government's management and supervision of the legal requirement to ensure workers' work-life balance and the firm's autonomy plan for its' own family-friendly culture.

• Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.302-324
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• 2019

Family business is the oldest and the most prevalent type of entity in the world. In India, 85% of the enterprises are owned and/or managed by families, contributing to two-third of GDP. Thus the survival of family firms, which also generates 79% of private sector employment, is of paramount importance. Effective succession planning and innovation to gain competitive edge are the two key ways to ensure family firm survival. In this paper, the interplay between family succession and innovation is qualitatively studied using case study approach. Successors and Predecessors are interviewed to gain insights in the areas of succession planning and innovation. It is observed that family succession has a positive relationship with innovation, i.e. the presence of founding family members in the ownership and/or management of the enterprise has a positive influence on innovation tendency of the family firms. The findings contribute to the family business literature on succession planning and innovation, and their inter-relationship.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.337-345
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• 2018

본 연구는 한국 가족기업의 기업특성과 부채조달의 영향관계를 분석하기 위해 가족기업의 부채사용 정도와 자본조달 순위이론의 순응여부를 실증분석 하였다. 분석기간은 2004년부터 2013년까지 총 10개년이고, 표본기업은 한국거래소 유가증권시장에 상장되어 있는 비금융업종 기업 총 4,008개를 사용하였다. 분석을 위해 횡단면 자료를 시간적으로 연결한 불균형 패널자료를 형성하고 패널자료회귀분석법을 사용하여 분석하였다. 실증분석 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 한국의 가족기업은 비가족기업에 비해 상대적으로 적은 부채를 사용한다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 지배가족이 기업을 소유 지배하는 가족기업은 대리인문제가 완화되어, Jensen(1986)이 제시한 부채의 통제효과의 필요성이 낮아지기 때문에 부채 증가 유인이 감소하는 것으로 이해할 수 있었다. 둘째, Shyam-Sunder and Myers(1999)가 제시한 모형을 이용한 자본조달순위이론의 검증에서는 가족기업이 비가족기업에 비해 자본조달순위이론의 순응도가 높다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 즉 자금조달이 필요할 때에는 주식발행보다 부채를 선호하는 결과이다. 다만 한국 가족 기업의 경우 부족한 자금의 24.38%를 순부채 발행을 통해 조달하는 것으로 나타나서, Shyam-Sunder and Myers(1999)의 분석에서 제시된 75%에 비해 상대적으로 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 한국 가족기업이 자본조달순위이론을 따른다고 강하게 주장하는 데는 다소 한계가 있음을 의미하는 것으로 이해되었다.