...Ismael Barros-Contreras; Manuel Morales-Serazzi; Jesús Manuel Palma-Ruiz Purpose This study explores how familiness – comprising family involvement (power and intergenerational experience) and family essence – shapes knowledge accumulation in family firms. Using the dynamic capabilities framework...

... identity signaling is less effective among jobseekers with higher levels of proactiveness and innovativeness. Originality/value This article contributes to the theory of the family firm by advancing the understanding of the challenges that family businesses face when attracting talent. Our results enable...

.... In order to cover this gap, this study analyses the risk-return trade-off in the context of private enterprises. Furthermore, the authors incorporate the contingent effect of being a family firm on the abovementioned relationship. Design/methodology/approach Using information from the SABI (Sistema de...

...Maria Rita Blanco; Miguel Angel Sastre-Castillo; Maria Angeles Montoro-Sanchez Purpose This article explores the influence of education and experience on the time to the top in family and non-family CEOs who work for Latin American family firms. Design/methodology/approach In order to achieve...

... companies. Design/methodology/approach Following the agency theory and the socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective, the authors propose that R&D investment is affected by ownership structure, specifically by the identity of the controlling owner (family firms and firms with an institutional investor...

... of regression models to test the hypotheses. In addition, the authors consider two interaction terms where the underperforming firms’ variable is interacted with family firms and EO. Findings The results of analyses show that both EO and family ownership separately increase subsequent performance...

...Diógenes Lagos Cortés; Isabel C. Botero Purpose The purpose of this paper is to summarize what is known about corporate governance in family firms from Ibero-American countries based on published research. Methodology The authors conducted a literature search to identify the articles that have been...

... firms. Also, innovative human resource policies are much more frequently found in companies where there is a high level of management capability. Design/methodology/approach Productivity differences in Spanish family firms are, for the first time, analysed from a managerial view, and using multiple...

.... Findings Regarding legal advice, results show that as far as legal matters are concerned, when family businesses make greater use of this type of advice, they are smaller. This is a remarkable and interesting result because it differs from non-family firms, in which the use of this type of advice...

...Maria José Parada; Claudio Müller; Alberto Gimeno Purpose This paper highlights the importance of understanding family firms in different contexts. The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the characteristics and behavior of family firms in Ibero-America, and their contribution and fit...

...María Concepción López-Fernández; Ana María Serrano-Bedia; Manuel Palma-Ruiz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore to what extent different obstacles (financial, knowledge, market, and perception) affect the propensity of Mexican family firms to engage in innovation activity. Second...

...Elisabete F. Simões Vieira Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of investor sentiment on share returns, exploring whether this effect is different for public family and non-family firms. Design/methodology/approach The author uses the European Economic Sentiment Indicator data...