Journal of Family Business Management: Volume 7 Issue 3

Analyzing organizational performance of family and non-family businesses using the HPO framework

Suhail Sultan, André de Waal, Robert Goedegebuure

Many businesses in the world are family-owned. A family-owned business differs from other types of businesses in several ways, because it is composed of both a family and a…

Credit rating process: A distinction between family and non-family firms regarding their rating score

Alexander Wiener-Fererhofer

The purpose of this paper is to analyze which key financial factors are appropriate for measuring a credit rating score for family firms. In the recent literature, there exists a…

Principal-principal conflicts and family firm growth: The moderating role of business family identity

Andrea Calabrò, Giovanna Campopiano, Rodrigo Basco

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…

Constructive business advice? Different trajectories between family businesses and startups

Torbjörn Ljungkvist

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the verbal content and its impact on panel-based business advice meetings (springboards) for family business owners and startup…

Another hybrid? Family businesses as venture capitalists

Torbjörn Ljungkvist, Börje Boers

This paper addresses the phenomenon of venture capital firms which are also family businesses (VCFBs). The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand the phenomenon of…

The financial decisions of family businesses

Anna Motylska-Kuzma

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.

Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss

Keanon Alderson