We use a social exchange perspective to review family firm succession literature owing to its
fit with the multiphase, multistakeholder nature of the process. We searched the history of 34 …

Although business restructuring occurs frequently and it is important for the prosperity of
family firms across generations, research on family firms has largely evolved separately from …

This paper provides an overview of the literature on private equity and leveraged buyouts,
focusing on global evidence related to both governance and returns to private equity and …

We review and analyze previous literature on succession in family firms from an
entrepreneurial process perspective. Through a three-step cluster analysis of 117 published …

Motivated by the growing attention to the financing decisions of family firms, this review
brings together the two highly relevant research fields of family business and finance. This …

Succession is one of the most discussed topics in family business research. However,
despite the changing professional and family roles of women and the growing number of …

We contrast the performance consequences of intra‐family versus external ownership
transfers. Investigating a sample of all private family firms in Sweden that went through …

This article provides a definition of corporate␣ governance and highlights the challenges in
adapting understanding of governance to the privately-held firm. We emphasize the need to …

Our quantitative study investigates the determinants of internal versus external exit routes in
family firms. Building on information asymmetry theory, we examine how an owner's inferior …

This book deals with risk capital provided for established firms outside the stock market,
private equity, which has grown rapidly over the last three decades, yet is largely poorly …