We show that families are an engine of venturing activities: 1/3 of corporate venture capital (CVC) deals in the US from 2000 to 2017 originated from family firms. Family CVC is associated with more syndication, larger syndicates, and more proximate investment in terms of geography and industry...

A growing literature is devoted to understand how firms react to unforeseen events. Contributing to this research, we investigate how the presence of families in corporate ownership and governance affected firm performance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Using data from Italy, the first western...