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Enterprise Foundations: Law, Taxation, Governance, and Performance

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  • Steen Thomsen
  • Nikolaos Kavadis

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Enterprise foundations are foundations, which own companies. While this structure is little known outside Northern Europe, a number of leading global companies such as Robert Bosch, Rolex, Carlsberg, Hershey, Ikea, the Wallenberg sphere or the Tata Group are ultimately owned by foundations. Aside from their economic significance, enterprise foundations have interesting governance characteristics including long-term ownership, the absence of a personal profit motive and the combination of business and philanthropy. Recently, they have attracted attention as a safeguard for a company purpose. In this monograph, we review the limited, but growing literature on the topic focusing on law, taxation, governance, and performance. We conclude by considering policy implications and avenues for research.

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  • Steen Thomsen & Nikolaos Kavadis, 2022. "Enterprise Foundations: Law, Taxation, Governance, and Performance," Annals of Corporate Governance, now publishers, vol. 6(4), pages 227-333, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:jnlacg:109.00000031
    DOI: 10.1561/109.00000031
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    1. Joern Block & Reza Fathollahi, 2023. "Foundation ownership and firm growth," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(8), pages 2633-2654, November.

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