Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide insights into the risk management practices of small family firms (SFFs). Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on a multi-site case study approach among ten SFFs (that employ between 10 and less than 50 employees according to the...

Purpose: This paper provides a comprehensive view about corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Austrian family firms. In detail, the conceptual understanding, motives for, institutionalisation, planning and the outcomes of CSR are investigated. The authors refer to socioemotional wealth and...

Purpose: Family firms strive for transgenerational survivability. Thus, bankruptcy is a daunting event. Whether family firms fail for other causes than non-family firms has been scarcely researched and is investigated in this study. Design/methodology/approach: The paper draws on a sample of...