We investigate whether family firms are more likely to engage in related party transactions (RPTs) and the impact of RPTs on the previously documented family firm value premium (Anderson and Reeb 2003). While RPTs are strategic in some situations and opportunistic in others (Kohlbeck and Mayhew...

The business press is showering criticism on business academics, citing failure in teaching relevant skills to students and a perceived increasing irrelevance of research streams. This criticism is echoed by some academics, who assert the need for serious consideration of the direction of the...