Profit Distribution Policy in Family Enterprises

The calibration of the dividend policy is an issue in almost all family-owned businesses. Perhaps less so in the first generation, but more so in the second or subsequent generation. The challenge is to find reasons for distributing profits at all and if

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Hermut Kormann Birgit Suberg Editors

Topics of Family Business Governance Insights on Structures, Strategies, and Executives

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Hermut Kormann • Birgit Suberg Editors

Topics of Family Business Governance Insights on Structures, Strategies, and Executives

Editors Hermut Kormann Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, Baden-Württemberg Germany

Birgit Suberg Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University Shanghai, China

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Preface

The benefits of a board institution, even for a privately held family-owned enterprise (FOE), are well-documented. Consequently, there is an abundant literature on why and how to design a board structure for FOEs. Certainly, the structure of the institutions of governance is important. But, eventually, the contribution by the board