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Firm export, trade war, and R&D investment of family firm
The motivation of this paper is to explore the impact of the Sino-US trade war on the R&D investment of Chinese exporting family firms (FFs)....
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Acquisition activity: do firm age and family control matter?
This article examines the relationship between firm age and acquisition activity and how family and non-family firms differ in the number of...
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New insights on economic theories of the family firm
Research attention to family firms has significantly increased in recent years, with a growing application of economic theories such as agency theory...
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Family ownership, control, and firm performance: Does gender diversity matter?
This study investigates the influence of family ownership and family control on firm performance while considering the moderating effect of gender...
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Financing decisions in private family firms: a family firm pecking order
AbstractFamily firms are one of the most ubiquitous forms of business organizations worldwide. Their survival and growth are thus not only crucial...
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Complementing family firm and managerial views of doing business through management accounting tools
Contributions to the family firm literature have given attention to different challenges that family firms have to face in their life cycle when...
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Damaging Behavior Directed Outside the Family Firm
The focus of the chapter is on negative behaviors committed by family firm leaders and members and directed outside the firm. These negative acts...
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Unveiling the interplay of psychological capital, family business, and gender on firm performance during COVID-19
This study examines the complex relationships between Psychological Capital, family business, ownership, gender, and firm performance during the...
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Family firm performance in times of crisis—new evidence from Germany
Literature shows that founding-family control tends to positively impact firm performance and valuation. However, it is questioned whether this...
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Long-term orientation, family-intensive governance arrangements, and firm performance: an institutional economics perspective
In this study, we examine the effect of cultural long-term orientation on the likelihood of adopting more family-intensive governance arrangements...
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The “open family firm”: openness as boundary work in family enterprises
“Openness” has become an established norm in the contemporary business environment. However, despite the crucial importance of boundaries and...
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Defining and Understanding the Family Firm
This chapter introduces the family firm phenomenon, providing insights into the prevalence of family firms worldwide. After an excursus on the...
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One more piece of the family firm debt puzzle: the influence of socioemotional wealth dimensions
The literature on debt financing in family firms is still inconclusive. Initial studies have usually focused on the influence of family involvement...
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Family firm network strategies in regional clusters: evidence from Italy
Knowledge networks in regional clusters are fundamental to support innovation and local development. Within clusters, family firms are key in...
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Heterogeneity in family firm finance, accounting and tax policies: dimensions, effects and implications for future research
Family firms, as a unique organizational form, are associated with distinct finance, accounting, and tax behaviors. Prior research indicates that...
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Antecedents of Dysfunction and Deviance in the Family Firm
The various causes of deviance and dysfunction usually start with interactions that occurred between individuals, the family, and the family firm and...
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The Role of Inward FDI and Family Firm Heterogeneity on Foreign Location Choice: Evidence from India
The purpose of this study is to examine the internal and external factors that influence the location choice decision of family firms. Drawing on two...
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Board openness and family firm internationalization: a social capital perspective
Building upon social capital theory, this study investigates to what extent board openness to non-family directors affects family firm...
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Family firm heterogeneity and patenting. Revising the role of size and age
This study offers a comprehensive framework for evaluating the moderating effects of size and age on the relationship between family ownership and...
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Family firm ambidexterity: the influence of paradoxical tensions and the Entrepreneurial Family’s cohesion
This study presents paradoxical tensions as the ‘missing link’ at the intersection of the entrepreneurial family and family firm management: a link...
