We review the theoretical and empirical literature on the resource-based view in the context of family businesses using a framework of intangible resources. This approach allows us to structure the present research on value-adding resources in family firms into four clearly distinct groups –...

Relying on insights from catering theory, we investigate how intra-family ownership succession funding (gift/inheritance versus purchase) shapes post-succession dividend streams – an important type of business-to-family financial intermingling - in privately-held family businesses. Using a...