Organizational identity and performance: An inquiry into nonconforming company names
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- dc.contributor.author Amore, Mario Daniele
- dc.contributor.author Epure, Mircea
- dc.contributor.author Garofalo, Orsola
- dc.contributor.other Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Departament d'Economia i Empresa
- dc.date.accessioned 2024-11-14T10:09:27Z
- dc.date.available 2024-11-14T10:09:27Z
- dc.date.issued 2023-09-13
- dc.date.modified 2024-11-14T10:09:07Z
- dc.description.abstract Choosing the right company name is challenging and may have major consequences for firm prospects. Drawing on the strategic conformity literature, we investigate the implications of "nonconforming" company names, i.e. foreign sounding and family-unrelated, for family firms' performance. Consistent with the idea that such names endow the business with greater visibility and recognition, we find that nonconforming names are positively associated with financial performance. This association is stronger when the firm operates in an industry with a low share of nonconforming peers and a high share of eponymous peers, in a crowded product class, and is smaller than industry peers. Collectively, our analysis provides new evidence on the strategic implications of company names.
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- dc.identifier https://econ-papers.upf.edu/ca/paper.php?id=1870
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- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/68530
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.relation.ispartofseries Economics and Business Working Papers Series; 1870
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- dc.subject.keyword organizational identity; company names; family firms; performance
- dc.subject.keyword Business Economics and Industrial Organization
- dc.title Organizational identity and performance: An inquiry into nonconforming company names
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