Goals are a key differentiator between family businesses and non‐family businesses. To improve understanding of this topic, the authors take stock of what they know about goals in …
Z Cao, F Lumineau - Journal of operations management, 2015 - Elsevier
Although extant literature has shown that formal contracts and relational governance play a key role in interorganizational relationships, the nature of their interplay still remains …
Growth is important for the long-term success of a business. Regrettably, the impact of family influence on firm growth is largely neglected. We examine whether family firms have a …
Agency and stewardship theories are prominent perspectives to examine myriad issues within family firms. Although considered opposing theories, both address the same …
We demonstrate how latent profile analysis (LPA) can be applied to generate profiles (ie, homogenous subgroups) in a sample of family firms. In doing so, we highlight how LPA can …
Abstract Manuscript Type Empirical Research Question/Issue Considering the recent financial and economic crisis as a unique exogenous shock, our study investigates the …
Conflicts in the family business literature abound due to the breed's heterogeneity. However, a key aspect of heterogeneity has been ignored—a tendency for many family firms to …
A Stewart, MA Hitt - Family Business Review, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors survey arguments that family firms should behave more like nonfamily firms and “professionalize.” Despite the apparent advantages of this transition, many family firms fail to …
Abstract Research Summary We review and synthesize the growing literature concerning the internationalization of small and medium‐sized family enterprises (family SMEs) around …