... on variations in annual report readability among family firms, the contribution of female directors to this phenomenon has received minimal attention. In our study, we integrate the theories of restricted and extended SEW perspectives with the theory of women’s executive power within the board. This integration...

...Xi Zhong; Liuyang Ren; XiaoJie Wu Purpose Based on socioemotional wealth theory, the authors explore the impact of founder domination (with the founder as the chairman or CEO) on the earnings management activities of family firms and examine the moderating effect of the industry environment...

... The study is based on survey data of Spanish private family firms and utilizes a second source of data, the SABI database by Bureau Van Dijk. The authors run ordinary least squares regressions and use both the base and the partition approaches to test the hypotheses. Findings The analysis reveals...

..., the authors discovered that these findings only held for family firms. Originality/value This study makes important contributions to strategic change, stock pledge and family firm literature, and also provides guidance on firms' strategic change practices. Controlling shareholder stock pledges...

..., such enterprise in media organizations has often served not only to make a profit, but also to foster societal progress. Entrepreneurship Sustainability Values Family firms Organizational ecology Media management According to Achtenhagen (2008 , p. 124), “Very little is known about...

... of the processes of knowledge creation and development in family firms. Design/methodology/approach Through a questionnaire, hypotheses of the model were tested. The study is based on 118 firms belonging to various industries. After evaluating the reliability and validity of the items through exploratory...