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<p>In this paper the authors address the issue of investments made by family businesses. Their study attempted to verify the level of investments made by Polish family businesses in comparison with the level of investments made by Polish non-family businesses. The study focused on the analysis of investment flows of Polish listed companies included in the WIG index for the years 2006-2018. A total of 233 companies were analyzed, including 177 non-family businesses and 56 family businesses. The results corroborated the argument that Polish listed non-family businesses invest much more money than family businesses. It was also observed that only a small percentage of companies in both groups invest their finances in research and development.</p>
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In this paper the authors address the issue of investments made by family businesses. Their study attempted to verify the level of investments made by Polish family businesses in comparison with the level of investments made by Polish non-family businesses. The study focused on the analysis of investment flows of Polish listed companies included in the WIG index for the years 2006-2018. A total of 233 companies were analyzed, including 177 non-family businesses and 56 family businesses. The results corroborated the argument that Polish listed non-family businesses invest much more money than family businesses. It was also observed that only a small percentage of companies in both groups invest their finances in research and development.

Investments of Polish Family Businesses

Poznań University of Economics and Business

Studia Humana

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In this paper the authors address the issue of investments made by family businesses. Their study attempted to verify the level of investments made by Polish...

Investments of Polish Family Businesses

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 30 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2021-0016

Keywords
family businesses, investments, research and development, non-family businesses

© 2021 Maciej Stradomski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Investments of Polish Family Businesses

Published Online: Jul 15, 2021

Page range: 30 - 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sh-2021-0016

Keywordsfamily businesses, investments, research and development, non-family businesses

© 2021 Maciej Stradomski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
family businesses, investments, research and development, non-family businesses