Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/54549 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa (IEDEE) [ISSN:] 1135-2523 [Volume:] 17 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 47-67
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This study focuses on the structure of the board of directors that is considered more suitable in terms of corporate social responsibility, and also on those contextual factors that could influence the socially responsible behavior of family firms. Empirical analysis on 535 non-listed Spanish firms leads to the identification of three clusters in terms of the variables related to boards´ structure: family dominated boards, professional boards and immature boards. Results show that the firms that have boards' structure with more potential for a socially responsible behavior (professional boards) are the ones who are bigger, older and with higher generational evolution.
Subjects: 
family firm
board of directors
social responsibility
stakeholders.
JEL: 
M14
M19
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Document Type: 
Article

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