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Tax aggressiveness in private family firms : an agency perspective

Steijvers, Tensie; Niskanen, Mervi - In: Journal of family business strategy 5 (2014) 4, pp. 347-357

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Managerial Ownership Effects on Cash Holdings : The Case of Private Family Firms

Niskanen, Mervi - 2011

This paper focuses on the effect of managerial ownership on cash holdings in a sample of private family firms. Our results suggest that managerial ownership has a significant impact on cash holdings. Cash holdings are largest in the firms with no managerial ownership and lowest in the firms in...

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Financial Performance of SMEs - Evidence on the Impact of Ownership Structure and Board Composition

Lappalainen, Jaana - 2009

This study investigates the impact that ownership structure and board composition have on performance in a sample of … Finnish SMEs. Our study is one of few that shed light on how corporate governance and ownership structures affect performance … performance of small firms. The only significant result in this context is that firms with outside board members have lower growth …

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How does corporate governance affect tax aggressiveness? : evidence from Finland

Burman, Vijay L.; Mättö, Markus; Niskanen, Mervi; … - In: Nordic journal of business : NJB 72 (2023) 2, pp. 89-106

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Financial performance of SMEs : impact of ownership structure and board composition

Lappalainen, Jaana; Niskanen, Mervi - In: Management research review 35 (2012) 11, pp. 1088-1108

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The role of auditing in small, private family firms : is it about quality and credibility?

Niskanen, Mervi; Karjalainen, Jukka; Niskanen, Jyrki - In: Family business review : journal of the Family Firm … 23 (2010) 3, pp. 230-245

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Tax Aggressive Behaviour in Private Family Firms - The Effect of the CEO and Board of Directors

Steijvers, Tensie - 2011

desired by its shareholders. In this paper, we investigate to what extent CEO ownership and governance (e.g. composition of … detriment of other shareholders, the non financial costs being the possible reputation damage and loss of socioemotional wealth … conflict between the CEO (agent and possibly principal) and (other) shareholders (principals) in determining family firms' tax …

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Audit Quality : The Role of Board Structure in Family Firms

Niskanen, Mervi - 2011

This study investigates the role that board structure has on the demand for audit quality in connection with family ownership in a sample of private firms. In addition to this, we also shed light on whether ownership structure and board structure are substitute mechanisms in resolving agency...

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Does board composition and ownership structure affect firm growth? : Evidence from Finnish SMEs

Lappalainen, Jaana; Niskanen, Mervi - In: Research in economics and business : Central and … 1 (2009) 1, pp. 66-83

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Can exporting SMEs benefit from extending longer payment periods?

Julkunen, Saara; Mättö, Markus; Niskanen, Mervi; … - In: International journal of export marketing : IJExportM 4 (2021) 3, pp. 306-323

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