abstract In this paper, we contribute to the agency and corporate entrepreneurship
literatures by focusing on board antecedents of research and development (R&D). Some …

abstract Entrepreneurship research has traditionally focused on opportunity recognition and
resource formation as processes that foster the emergence of new business ventures …

Previous literature has found that listed family firms underperform their nonfamily
counterparts in terms of environmental performance, but has not explained why this occurs …

Purpose The main purpose of the paper is to critically review the studies in the area of
management and entrepreneurship. Secondly, the study aims to identify various …

Purpose Drawing on the principal-principal conflict and identity literatures, the purpose of
this paper is to investigate the Agency Problem Type II-bis in the context of family business …

The inherent heterogeneity characterizing the universe of family firms, especially because of
the existence of different family ownership “constellations,” might explain the highly …

We use the lens of the resource-based view and horizontal agency cost theory to analyse
the effect of the presence of different types of individual owners, ie, owner-managers and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate why firms engaged in R&D investment
and international diversification produce different results in innovation performance …

ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Conceptual Research Question/Issue: This paper seeks to
complement agency and stewardship perspectives regarding the governance of top …

Earnings management occurs when managerial discretion allows managers to influence
reported earnings and thus mislead some investors about the underlying economic …