In spite of the high economical relevance controlling deals with the subject family enterprises rather little. Based on the hypothesis that family enterprises aim at socio-economical objectives to a greater extent and use controlling-instruments to a lesser extent than non-family enterprises the...

This study investigates whether family businesses (FBs) differ from non-family businesses (NFBs) regarding the institutionalisation of management accounting. Furthermore, it analyses whether FB-specific contextual factors such as the existence of non-family management and the level of family...

Data, collected to model risk of an interesting event, often have a multilevel structure as patients are clustered within larger units, e.g. clinical centers. Risk of the event is usually modeled using a logistic regression model, with a random intercept to control for heterogeneity among...