Martin Larraza-Kintana

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the environmental performance of family and non-family public corporations between 1998 and 2002, using a sample of 194 U.S. firms required to report their emissions.

TL;DR: This article found that family-member CEOs of family-controlled firms receive lower total income than outsider CEOs, increasingly so as family ownership concentration increases At the same time, their pay tends to be mor

TL;DR: This article conducted an empirical study as to whether family firms are more socially responsible than their non-family counterparts and explored the conditions in which this difference in social behavior occurs, concluding that family firms, given their socioemotional wealth bias, have a positive effect on social dimensions linked to external stakeholders, yet have a negative impact on internal social dimensions.

TL;DR: The authors examined the influence of various forms of risk bearing created within the compensation contract on perceived risk taking and found that employment risk and variability in compensation each correspond to greater risk taking, while downside risk and the intrinsic value of stock options correspond to lower risk taking.

TL;DR: This article examined how socio-emotional factors can influence family firms' commitment to entrepreneurially oriented activities, and how their level of commitment is moderated by the technological intensity of the sector and firm performance.