Family firms play a significant role in the global economy. Consistently, over the last two decades academia has turned its attention to the family dimension as a determinant of business phenomena, and this interest has increased over time. While family business research has reached an age of...

Private companies play a significant role and are the main growth engine of the global economy. Yet, till recently empirical research in accounting has focused primarily on public companies. Over the last few years, we have observed a change in trend. Accounting scholars have started researching...

Key Features:offers a unique approach in combining recent advances in the two closely related fieldsprovides future directions of development in these two fields, with suggestions on how and where they may convergeemphasizes the interaction between fair value accounting, market prices and the...