The adoption of good Corporate Governance practices by small and medium-sized

Abstract

This study examines the adoption of good practices of corporate governance and the intensity of such practices in family small and medium enterprises (SMEs). We developed and tested our theoretical framework using survey data from Brazilian enterprises and factorial analysis and logistic regression. The results suggest that knowledge of benefits from corporate governance drives family enterprises to employ high levels of good practices of corporate governance while some managers features drives family enterprises to employ low levels of such practices. On the other hand, managers features can contribute to family enterprises employ low levels of good practices of corporate governance. We extend the discussion regarding antecedents of good practices of corporate governance employed by family enterprises and why some of them intensify corporate governance adoption more than others do. Likewise, we offer a wider perspective, theoretically and empirically, of antecedents of corporate governance mechanisms in family firms and the intensity of this adoption. Also, the study provides subsidies to managers make decisions regarding the employment of good practices of corporate governance in family enterprises and contributes to the improvement regarding the indexes of family enterprises mortality.