This article offers a socio-historical view of how families make a living and contribute to
business formation. We review the history of family changes that occurred over the last …

We use an experimental conjoint analysis to investigate the investment criteria of 749 private
equity investors, distinguishing between family offices, business angels, venture capital …

This study reviews academic literature on private equity and family firms. Based on a
systematic search process, we identify 50 relevant studies published in the fields of …

While entrepreneurial families often expand their activity over multiple businesses and
patrimonial assets, this complexity is rarely addressed in mainstream family business …

Family firms often evolve into ownership constellations with multiple family owners. Building
on agency theory, we argue that the growing complexity within a group of family …

Purpose–How family businesses (FBs) manage to survive in the long term is still not well
understood in FB research. A promising concept to explain survivability, that is currently …

“Dead money” refers to the potential for the division, reduction, and misallocation of family
firm assets during intergenerational wealth transfers. We consider the effects of inheritance …

Although contingency-based research finds many factors that influence a firm's management
accounting (MA) system, despite the vast economic importance of family firms in most …

A single family office (SFO) is an organizational entity owned by a single family and primarily
dedicated to managing assets and meeting the needs of family members. While a rising …

Single family offices (SFOs) manage trillions of dollars worldwide. The enormous value of
assets under management highlights their key role as a cohesive wealth management tool …