...Ozlem Ozdemir; Sree Lekshmi Sreekumaran Nair; Jonathan Liu Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore how gender, family ties, education, and experience influence employees' acceptance of successors in family businesses and how these perceptions affect strategic performance. Grounded in Role...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Family business Growth opportunities Innovation Value creation strategies Figure 1 Family firms with growth opportunities and innovation-oriented strategies. Sources: Authors’ own work Further empirical studies also...

...Maria Lapeira; Georges Samara Purpose Women often face multiple challenges when they are involved in the business. Their situation is even more complex in the family business setting, where multiple family and non-family stakeholders may challenge their legitimacy as a business leader. However...

... a sample of 71 public firms from Fortune 500 companies over a 13-year period (1994-2006). Finally, this study is concluded by discussing the implications of the empirical findings for family business strategy and CSR literatures, the limitations of the study, and the directions for future research...