The influence of the state on firms in the global economy is alive and well. States have
become dominant owners of companies in many countries around the world. Firms have …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the family business literature has
evolved, and to examine the factors influencing family-owned and managed businesses …

We draw on the economic, corporate governance, and family business literatures to explain
why the effects of family on family firms makes this governance form theoretically distinct …

Organizational Economic models is generally to enable a firm to more effectively respond to
its competitive threats (Kogut 1988). This twin focus on organizations, their origins and …

This paper examines whether and how business diversification affects financialization in
non-financial corporations. Using data from the Chinese market, we find that business …

SMEs are important to world business and the majority of SMEs are family firms. Yet some
family SMEs are inert, local firms while others are dynamic and international. Do certain …

This study identifies the practical and philosophical difficulties associated with testing
strategic management and organization theories. Working from a critical realist perspective …

Our theory and findings suggest that relatively negative stock analyst appraisals prompt
corporate leaders to increase externally visible dimensions of board independence without …

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the multiple components of
organizational slack on firm innovation. It is argued that different types of slack have different …

Synthesizing agency theory and prospect theory, we examined the effects of stock-based
incentives on CEO earnings manipulation behaviors. In analyses of data compiled from the …