When Does Financial Slack Matter? Family Ownership, CEO Family Status, and SME Performance
Published online on May 06, 2026
Abstract
Family Business Review, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 149-172, June 2026.
We offer novel insights into the utilization of heterogeneous types of financial slack (unabsorbed, absorbed, and potential) by family versus non-family small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We hypothesize that agency problems in family SMEs imply ...
We offer novel insights into the utilization of heterogeneous types of financial slack (unabsorbed, absorbed, and potential) by family versus non-family small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We hypothesize that agency problems in family SMEs imply ...