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TY - JOUR
T1 - Family firms and environmental performance
T2 - A meta-analytic review
AU - Miroshnychenko, Ivan
AU - De Massis, Alfredo
AU - Barontini, R
AU - Testa, Francesco
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Family Business Review, 35, (1), 2022, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2021 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Family Business Review page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/fbr on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2022/3/1
Y1 - 2022/3/1
N2 - This article critically reviews and meta-analyzes the environmental performance of family firms. Using a sample of 40,910 firms covering a 12-year period, we conclude that the average effect of family involvement on environmental performance is negative, albeit small. This negative effect is more pronounced in primary studies that measure environmental performance via the environmental operational practices adopted and in those that define family business using the family ownership and management criteria. Our findings suggest that from an agency perspective, and compared with nonfamily firms, the negative view of the environmental performance of family firms prevails over the positive view.
AB - This article critically reviews and meta-analyzes the environmental performance of family firms. Using a sample of 40,910 firms covering a 12-year period, we conclude that the average effect of family involvement on environmental performance is negative, albeit small. This negative effect is more pronounced in primary studies that measure environmental performance via the environmental operational practices adopted and in those that define family business using the family ownership and management criteria. Our findings suggest that from an agency perspective, and compared with nonfamily firms, the negative view of the environmental performance of family firms prevails over the positive view.
KW - family firms
KW - environmental performance
KW - review
KW - meta-analysis
U2 - 10.1177/08944865211064409
DO - 10.1177/08944865211064409
M3 - Journal article
VL - 35
SP - 68
EP - 90
JO - Family Business Review
JF - Family Business Review
SN - 0894-4865
IS - 1
ER -