Management Research: Volume 11 Issue 1

Family firms in Iberoamerican countries

Martin Larraza‐Kintana, Cristina Cruz, Imanol Belausteguigoitia Rius

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on family firms in Iberoamerican countries. The special issue aims at enlarging our understanding of the uniqueness of…

Size and performance in family managed firms: surviving first generation

Angel Luis Meroño Cerdan, Antonio José Carrasco Hernández

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the familiar character of the firm affects its size and performance. Specifically, if the confluence of business and family dimensions…

The family office in Spain: an exploratory study

Elena Rivo López, Nuria Rodríguez López, Beatriz González Sánchez

The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the features that the business structure known as a Family Office (FO) has in Spain by considering it as a useful tool for…

Family growth versus family firm growth: professional management and succession process

Tomás M. Bañegil Palacios, Ascensión Barroso Martínez, Juan Luis Tato Jiménez

Given the relevance of family businesses and the substantial weight that they carry within the socio‐economic make‐up of any country, this paper consists of the analysis of family…

Influence of family control in the practice of earnings management: The case of open Brazilian companies

Paulo Sérgio Almeida‐Santos, Andréia Carpes Dani, Débora Gomes Machado, Nayane Thais Krespi

The purpose of this paper is to identify if the open Brazilian companies that have family control manage their accounting results in a negative way, and if this influence is in a…

Essay from an early career: to each his/her own “tune”

Joana S.P. Story

The purpose of this essay is to highlight the journey of the author in her early career, along with her main challenges and ways she found to overcome them.