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Family businesses use less management control systems than nonfamily firms.

The use of MCS has a positive influence on business performance.

Firm managers and practitioners should foster the development of MCS to improve firm performance and competitiveness.

This study empirically demonstrates the validity of the Beneish's model for the case of a Spanish quoted family business, Pescanova.

Identification of indexes aligned with the position of technical default shown by the pre-bankruptcy board of Pescanova.

Monitoring of two key ratios for business management as indicators of aggressive accounting practices.

This is the first case that applies the Beneish's model to the Spanish food sector.

Family involvement in the business influences the adoption of a clan culture orientation.

Family firm culture is internally group oriented, based on emotional and personalist values.

Non-family business is oriented towards market and hierarchy cultures.

Perception of succession process regarding to gender does not seem to match reality.

Once known, women's management capabilities are very much appreciated.

Bearing in mind women as potential successors is positive to the achievement of the FB.

Evolution of the literature combining international business and family firms.

Six promising areas for research through a dialogue between both disciplines.

A model for future research is proposed, linking the six topics.

In recent years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has attracted much interest in both the academic world and the professional.

The objective of this research is to determine whether there are differences in orientation towards CSR between family SMEs and non-familiar ones.

The results indicate that family SMEs are more socially responsible than no familiar ones.

A means test was carry out after categorising the wineries as familiar or not.

Return on assets (ROA) and operating margin were higher on family wineries.

Relative debt and debt ratio were higher in companies considered as non-family.

Return on equity (ROE) was equal between the different wineries.

The size does not differ between the groups.

There is a growing chorus for the need to reflect on the heterogeneity of the family business concept.

An effective classification system must be based on the characteristics of the entities being classified.

We review extant classification systems and previous family firm definitions.

The core elements of the definitions are identified by bibliometric tools.

We analyze whether existing classifications systems are based on their main characteristics.

Covers a gap in the literature regarding the composition of familiness.

Defines the variables found in familiness and so helps enable the measurement of familiness in all family firms.

Enables conclusions and comparisons to be made about strategic decisions in family firms.

Family firms build on familiness and SEW.

SEW has a positive impact on organizational effectiveness.

Essence has a partial mediating effect on the relation between involvement and SEW.

Price is a key variable in research on profitability and brand management.

The impact of being a family-business hotel on hotel room rates was analysed.

A hedonic price model was used.

Being a family-business hotel has a significant negative impact on room price.

Employees of half of the Andalusian family owned businesses analyzed still do not perceive a high level of WFB.

Micro firms are those that reveal more active implementation of WFB.

WFB has a positive impact on job satisfaction and employee's commitment in family firms in Andalusia.

President interlocking in LA firms is positively associated with performance.

The association between performance and interlocks depends on corporate governance.

This favorable relationship is mitigated where expropriation odds are higher.