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| Author: | Fellman, S. Leino-Kaukiainen, P. |
| Title: | Business or culture? Family firms in the Finnish media business in the 20th century |
| Journal: | Scandinavian economic history review
2006 : VOL. 54:3, p. 244-272 |
| Index terms: | family firms company ownership professionalization publishing industry Finland |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The ownership structure in the Finnish print media business in the 20th century is studied in this article. Particularly, the extent of family ownership in this branch, to the strategies of the owning families in order to keep controlof their companies and to how the owners managed professionalization are scrutinized. Finally, it is asked whether media companies have had other goals (e.g. political, cultural, public service) beside pure economic ones and whether such goals have been connected to family ownership. It is found that family ownership has been persistent feature also in the largest Finnish media companies, although the ownership has undergone some transformations. |
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