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...

Past research has indicated that family-controlled firms have a competitive advantage over other firms, although it has been difficult to identify a basis for this advantage.This competitive advantage is investigated by exploring the organizational value-creating characteristics ingrained in the...