Using data spanning the 1996-1998 fiscal years of 247 of Japan's largest manufacturers, we empirically evaluate the extent to which a firm's investment behavior and financial performance is influenced by its ownership structure. To do so, we examine six distinct categories of Japanese...

Through its rapid growth during the past decade, family business research has reached its adolescence as a field of study and family business scholars now regularly contribute interesting and though provoking work to top-tier management, entrepreneurship and finance journals. In this review...