The benefit of gender diversity on the board of directors is a subject of current debate. We
contribute to the literature on diversity and its impact on businesses from an analytical …

This chapter reviews prior, so far inconclusive, research on the risk behavior of family firms.
On the one hand, scholars assume risk-averse behavior of family firms based on agency …

The paradoxical nature of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) provides unique
opportunities to advance management theory. Focusing on a dominant theoretical …

The literature on risk in family firms has grown rapidly in recent decades, and an analysis of
its evolution and current state is therefore both timely and useful. Accordingly, we review 291 …

CEO personal characteristics and firms’ risk-taking behaviour: the moderating role of family
ownership | Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access …

Purpose This study aims to assess the effect of the COVID 19 on small and medium-sized
family firms' risk-taking in Iraq. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected by …

This study examines how different motivations impact environmental corporate sustainability
outcomes in terms of eco‐innovation product and process adoption, and the mediating role …

Grounded in the agency, socioemotional wealth and resource dependence theories, we
study how debt decisions are influenced by family control and how such relationship is …

This article examines the effect of board gender diversity on firm risk‐taking level. Drawing
on the contingency framework, we contend that the influence of women executives on firm …

Using a sample of more than 1,500 Chinese listed firms over four years of observation (2015–
2018), this study examines the effects of family ownership and certain features of board …