... service providers, while being more cost effective than full-time employees. A fractional service provider that can be of particular benefit to startups and small businesses is a fractional CFO or Controller – who can provide an organization with the skills to perform all of the activities that a finance...

...Eva Lutz; Stephanie Schraml Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine motives for hiring a non‐family Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in family firms. The authors explore the perceptions of family firm owners towards external managers by analyzing how their goals relate to the employment...