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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainability practices of family and nonfamily firms
T2 - A worldwide study
AU - Miroshnychenko, Ivan
AU - De Massis, Alfredo
N1 - This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 174, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/J.techfore.2021.121079
PY - 2022/1/31
Y1 - 2022/1/31
N2 - As sustainability is pivotal in combating the global warming and climate change crisis, we examine whether family firms differ from their nonfamily counterparts in the sustainability practices they adopt. Using a large sample of listed firms from 45 countries over an 8-year period, we show that family firms on average engage less in pollution prevention, green supply chain management, and green product development practices than nonfamily firms. Our results remain consistent after correcting for the endogeneity of family ownership, using alternative model specifications and variable definitions. Our findings hold important implications for both theory and practice.
AB - As sustainability is pivotal in combating the global warming and climate change crisis, we examine whether family firms differ from their nonfamily counterparts in the sustainability practices they adopt. Using a large sample of listed firms from 45 countries over an 8-year period, we show that family firms on average engage less in pollution prevention, green supply chain management, and green product development practices than nonfamily firms. Our results remain consistent after correcting for the endogeneity of family ownership, using alternative model specifications and variable definitions. Our findings hold important implications for both theory and practice.
KW - Sustainability practices
KW - Environmental practices
KW - Family firms
KW - Family business
U2 - 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121079
DO - 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121079
M3 - Journal article
VL - 174
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
SN - 0040-1625
M1 - 121079
ER -