By bringing to the fore the firms affiliated with family business
groups – the context in which the separation of cash flow
and voting rights most frequently occurs – we re-examine the
relation between the separation and firm performance.
Complementing the predominant view, we attend to how
the separation of cash flow and voting rights in the business
groups can arise not merely from the control-enhancing
motive but from the internal capital market operations that
accompany various financing benefits