This paper explores the relationship between the usage of an external accountant and family firm sales growth and survival. Using a longitudinal panel of Australian family SMEs, we find that external accountants have a positive impact upon sales growth and survival. We also find that the degree...

The family business literature has thus far not devoted much attention to understanding female vantage points in family firms (e.g. Dumas, 1998; Sharma, 2004). Poza and Messer (2001) and Curimbaba (2002) describe the varying roles that women adopt, but without explaining why they adopt such roles....