"The Field Guide to Family Business Research is a concise and accessible guidebook that addresses the unique challenges associated with conducting high-quality family business research. Intended for both new and more experienced scholars, experts provide essential guidelines and insightful best...

In a panel of more than 6,900 firms in 28 countries over 10 years we provide evidence that family control and labor market regulation are substitute governance mechanisms. First, family firms have performance advantages over non-family firms in countries with less regulated labor markets. This...