Networks play a crucial role in board promotions, yet women often are underrepresented in traditional business networks. Using matched firm-director datasets covering the population of Danish firms from 2000 to 2010, I show that family connections are an important determinant of women's access...

This paper explores the cultural conservatism of family businesses in Morocco and its implications for strategic and organizational behaviours. Drawing on the Gioia methodology, qualitative data were collected from twelve Moroccan family businesses representing diverse industries, sizes,...

This study investigates and assesses factors that influence entrepreneur's motivation to start up a project and explores government support programs. A study model was developed, and a quantitative approach was used for this purpose to collect data from potential entrepreneurs among family...

Family firms are known for their reluctance to invest in research and development. We show that strengthened trade secret protection is associated with higher R&D investment by family firms. More specifically, we show that the association between the strength of trade secret protection through...

This paper shows that the American Inventor's Protection Act, which introduced the disclosure of patent applications after 18 months, i.e. before a grant decision is taken and, hence, before it is known whether the respective technology receives legal protection, is associated with a reduction...