Parallel sessions

Thursday 14th April 2005, 15.00 – 16.40

1- Governance: Room G-101

Chair: Klein. Sabine

15.00 – 15.25: “Family Councils and Governance Systems in Family Businesses: Agency Theory or Paternalistic Logic.” By Gnan, Luca.; Huse, Morton; Montemerlo, Daniela.

15.25 – 15.45 : “Governance in Small and Medium-Size Family Businesses: A Review of the Literature". By Van den Heuvel, Jeroen

15.45 – 16.05: “Controlling the Corporate Governance Goals: CEO-agents vs. CEO-owners.” By Koiranen, Matti; Kansikas, Jusha.

16. 05 – 16.25: “A New Corporate Governance Mechanism in Family Firms: Evidence from Lebanese Family Firms.” By Fahed-Sreih, Josiane.

16.25 – 16.40: “Governance Structures in Privately Owned Family Businesses in South East Ireland.” By Bowe, Patricia.

2- Ownership: Room B-102

Chair: Vilaseca, Álvaro

15.00 – 15.20: “Family Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from Public Company in Chile.” By Martínez, Jon.

15.20 – 15.40 : “Ownership Strategies and the Family Business.” By Flören, Roberto; Thomassen, Albert Janand; Uhlaner, Lorraine.

15.40 – 16.00: “The Logic of Ownership in Family Controlled Businesses.” By Melin, Leif; Brundin, Ethel.

16.00 – 16.20: “Corporate Social Responsibility of Family Businesses: An Analysis of the Effect of Ownership Values." By Elo-Pärsinnen, Krista.

16.20 – 16.40: “Owner-Entrepreneurship; Educational Challenges in the Family Firms.” By Kansikas, Juha.

3- Performance: Room G-201

Chair: Heck, Ramona

15.00 – 15.25:  “Family Influence, Strategy, and Innovation in Family Firms: Application of the DSP. T Model in a Exploratory Four-Country Investigation.” By Uhlaner, Lorraine; Habbershon , Timothy.

15.25 – 15.50: “The Effects of Management, Governance and Values on Family Business Performance: A General Causal Model.” By Gimeno, Alberto, Labadie, Gaston; Saris, Willem.

15.50 - 16.15: “Theoretical and Empirical Findings Regarding Family Control and Performance.” By Klein, Sabine; Jaskiewicz, Peter.

16.15- 16.40: “Cohesiveness in Large Business Families – Theoretical Foundations.” By Pieper, Torsten.