Role of Auditing and Audit Quality in Mitigating Agency Problems in Private Family Firms Hasselt University
Academics have given little attention to accounting practices in family firms, being the majority of firms worldwide. Yet, it can be assumed that the purpose of accounting takes on a special meaning when ownership is concentrated in the hands of a founding and controlling family. In this research, we want to focus on the almost unresearched domain of audit quality in private family firms. The main objective is to examine the role of auditing in ...