Christine Mitter

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an inventory of and structure for extant research on the image and reputation of family firms, and summarize the ways in which the public perceives family firms and existing influencing factors, courses of action and impacts.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of family influence and various governance factors on internationalization of Austrian firms and found that family firms with medium family influence are the most internationally active companies.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify factors and resources that a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) should consider to avoid bankruptcy and failure, since bankruptcies are costly and disruptive.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the relationship between firm characteristics and specific causes of failure and show that different failure causes dominate at specific stages of organizational life as defined by age quartiles.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a deeper understanding of and insights into entrepreneurial finance by reviewing, structuring and interlinking theoretical models and empirical findings, focusing on the relation between the entrepreneur and investors, sources of entrepreneurial funding, returns of entrepreneurial investments to the parties involved (investors, entrepreneurs) and the drivers of entrepreneurial performance as well as implications for public policy.