... selection activities, including risk consideration in family firms (FFs). Design/methodology/approach The investigation is based on a structured literature review (SLR) of 83 studies to identify FF-specific supplier sourcing characteristics. To verify these propositions, the authors conducted a second...

...Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu Purpose This paper provides a review of the academic literature on organizational structure (OS) in family firms, highlighting the contribution to knowledge and identifying research gaps and possible avenues for future research. Design/methodology/approach Different...

... resources on family firm performance during economic recession. Design/methodology/approach Trend analyses were used employing hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) to evaluate the influence of duality and slack resources on the performance of 75 family‐controlled public firms (FCPFs) during the 2001‐2002...

... to outperform. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Corporate governance Business performance Corporate strategy Family firms Corporate governance and type of ownership can affect strategy. Businesses in which ownership is personal or concentrated are said to be quite different from...