The organization of the paper is as follows.
Section 2 reviews the theoretical backgrounds andempirical evidence of the roles of founding-family
ownership in determining the economic performance
of firms. In Sect. 3, the research methods are
discussed. In this section, the research sample, data
collection, methods for analysis, and the measures of
dependent, independent, and control variables are
also introduced. The findings are presented in Sect. 4.
The conclusion and some future research possibilities
are drawn in the final section.