Defining Corporate Governance Best Practices to Add Firm Value
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Defining Corporate Governance Best Practices to Add Firm Value

European family-controlled public companies tend to perform less well in the stock market than their American counterparts. Also, while more and more investment funds that focus on family-firm opportunities are being formed in the United States, institutional investors remain reluctant to invest in continental European family-controlled businesses. These trends suggest that the best practices followed by family firms in the United States may provide helpful examples for similar enterprises in Europe.


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