Family Firms in Iberoamerica

In this special issue, we invite researchers to submit original papers, case studies and review articles that provide new insights on family firms in Iberoamerican countries. Articles that compare the findings from these regions with the current literature are particularly encouraged. The topics to be covered by this call include, but are not limited to:

• Firm succession, family legacy and sustainability of family businesses. 
• Essays in business history of families firms. 
• Firm performance and the family founder effect. 
• Internationalization and businesses diversification in family controlled firms.
• Family business groups and conglomerates.  
• Corporate governance in family firms.
• Family businesses finance, capital structure and agency conflicts. 
• Entrepreneurship dynamics within family firms.
• Productivity and innovation in family controlled firms.
• Professionalization and delegation within family firms. 
• The role of family businesses and business families in different economies and societies.

For questions regarding, Submission Process & Guidelines for this special Issue please contact the Guest Editors:

Alberto Gimeno, ESADE, Spain alberto.gimeno@esade.edu

Maria José Parada, ESADE, Spain mariajose.parada@esade.edu

Claudio Muller, Universidad de Chile, Chile cmuller@fen.uchile.cl

References

Claessens, S., & Yurtoglu, B. (2013). Corporate governance in emerging markets: A survey, Emerging Markets Review, 15: 1–33.

Fan, J., Wei, K., & Xu, X. (2011). Corporate finance and governance in emerging markets: A selective review and an agenda for future research, Journal of Corporate Finance, 17: 207–17.

Kearney, C., 2012. Emerging markets research: trends, issues and future directions. Emerging Markets Review 13: 159–183.

Yu A., Lumpkin G., Sorenson R., & Brigham, K. (2012) The Landscape of Family Business Outcomes: A Summary and Numerical Taxonomy of Dependent Variables, Family Business Review, 25: 33-57.