Altruism and Agency in the Family Firm: Exploring the Role of Family, Kinship, and Ethnicity
通过对一家家族企业的深度案例研究，发现利他主义在早期降低代理成本，但随着企业壮大代理问题增加，且利他行为可扩展到远亲与种族网络。
This article examines the relationship between altruism and agency costs in family business through an in–depth case study of a family firm. We found that altruism reduced agency costs in the early stages of the business, but that agency problems increased as the venture became larger and more established. Moreover, we suggest that altruistic behavior need not be confined to family and close kin, but may extend through networks of distant kin and ethnic ties. We thus present a more complex view of the agency relationship in family business than is often portrayed in the existing literature.