02097nas a2200241 a 450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000230007324500950009626000670019130000220025849000540028050200830033450001090041752009690052665000480149570000360154370000480157970000400162771000390166781000840170685600650179020260818085941.0110404s2010    th uu|m rtt   0|  a1eng d  a.b120937250 aPongthep Vichaikul10aDegree of family ownership and firm performance :ba study of listed companies in Thailand  aPathum Thani, Thailand :bAsian Institute of Technology,c2010  a52 leaves :bill.1 aResearch studies project report ;vno. SM-10-05    aResearch Studies Project Report (M.B.A.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010  aSubmitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration  aBy using the panel data  on 533 publicly-traded comp anies in Thailand stock exchanges  on  1,266  observations  from  2003  to  2007,  the  resear ch  examine  the  relashionship  between  degree  of  family  ownership,  ownership  struc ture  and  effects  of  family  and  external CEOs to the firm performance.  The paper shows that the increase in the degree of  the family ownership, the greater firm  performance. In addition, the marriage networks bri ng even more positive effects to the  firm performance in Thailand. As the degree of the  family ownership increase with the  inclusive  of  the  percentage  of  the  share  held  by  th e  marriage  networks,  the  larger  firm  performance.  Moreover,  the  study  notes  that  the  fam ily  type  of  ownership  outperforms  others  type  of  ownership  structure.  The  findings  al so  suggest  the  positive  effects  from  the external CEOs to the firm perofrmance in the no n-family-owned firms.  0aFamily-owned business enterpriseszThailand1 aVenkatesh, Sundar,eChairperson0 aDonyaprueth Krairit,eExamination Committee1 aKumar, Arun,eExamination committee2 aRTG Fellowship,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tResearch studies project report ;vno. SM-10-05  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B01600