Based on a review of 217 refereed articles on family business studies, the literature is
organized according to its focus on individual, interpersonal or group, organizational, and …

Through its rapid growth during the past decade, family business research has reached its
adolescence as a field of study, and family business scholars now regularly contribute …

This article makes the case for the socioemotional wealth (SEW) approach as the potential
dominant paradigm in the family business field. The authors argue that SEW is the most …

This paper challenges the prevalent notion that family-owned firms are more risk averse
than publicly owned firms. Using behavioral theory, we argue that for family firms, the …

A growing body of research shows that family firms are different from other organizations in
significant ways. In this paper we review this literature by examining how family firms differ …

In the corporate finance tradition, starting with Berle and Means (1932), corporations should
generally be run to maximize shareholder value. The agency view of corporate social …

This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic
leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. The basic …

The behavioral agency model suggests that to preserve socioemotional wealth, loss-averse
family firms usually invest less in R&D than nonfamily firms. However, behavioral agency …

This paper compares the environmental performance of family and nonfamily public
corporations between 1998 and 2002, using a sample of 194 US firms required to report …

Family firms are often portrayed as an important yet conservative form of organization that is
reluctant to invest in innovation; however, simultaneously, evidence has shown that family …