Goals are a key differentiator between family businesses and non‐family businesses. To
improve understanding of this topic, the authors take stock of what they know about goals in …

As individual investors who act independently can generate only limited influence on
corporate decisions, this paper considers clustered institutional investors connected through …

Earlier studies have established the importance of strategic management in the
development of large corporations while few works have explored the possibility of using …

Research Summary: Building on a unique data set with information on the nuclear structure
of entrepreneurial families, we integrate leadership succession into a socioemotional wealth …

A small-or medium-sized enterprise (SME) is normally a company that employs about 50–
200 people. Because of the globalisation of market and operations, and technological …

Environmental management represents a significant challenge for small businesses, and
prior research has shown that they are typically less engaged with environmental issues …

Family entrepreneurial teams are groups of related individuals who engage in
entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial teams studies emphasize the resources that members …

Prior research has not fully explained whether the relationship between family management
and profitability is positive or negative in private family firms. This issue is critical for further …

Earnings management in firms has several different motivations. This article examines the
preserving of socioemotional wealth as a motive for earnings management in specific types …

We examine the unique nature of agency problems within publicly traded family firms by
investigating the earnings management decision of dominant family owners relative to non …