Using a sample of Spanish tourism small and medium-sized firms, we have tested the
impact of family control, publicly-available information and tangibility on financial structure …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the status, trends and potential future
research areas in the field of financial decision-making process in family firms …

Abstract The Review of Managerial Science (RMS) is a leading international journal that
publishes major advances related to business administration and management. The journal …

We examine the effects of family firms on real earnings management (REM) and accrual-
based earnings management (ABEM). Using socioemotional wealth as a theoretical …

Family firms are one of the most ubiquitous forms of business organizations worldwide. Their
survival and growth are thus not only crucial for the firms themselves but also for the overall …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper s to study the financing behavior of family firms (FF), as
these differ from their small-and medium-sized enterprise (SME) counterparts in their capital …

This study focuses on heterogeneity in family firms by analyzing whether the non-economic
aspects that meet the family's affective needs, or socioemotional wealth (SEW), influence …

In this paper, I analyze the motives moving founders and their families to influence the
capital structure decision. For this, I complement detailed corporate governance information …

Previous research about the effects of board structure and process on the firm financial
performance is based on conflicting theoretical perspectives, and empirical results, mostly …

This study examines how family involvement affects the performance of UK companies listed
on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Using a panel dataset from 1998 to 2008, the …