Journal Articles
Scholes, L, Hughes, M, Wright, M, De Massis, A, Kotlar, J (2020)
Family Management and Family Guardianship: Governance Effects on Family Firm Innovation Strategy,
Journal of Family Business Strategy, ISSN: 1877-8585.
Li, Y, Wright, M,
Scholes, L, Zhang, Z (2018)
The role of private equity when portfolio firms go public: Evidence from ChiNext board,
Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 55(12), pp.2851-2870, ISSN: 1540-496X. DOI:
10.1080/1540496X.2018.1536607.
Garcia, PRJM, Sharma, P, De Massis, A, Wright, M,
Scholes, L (2018)
Perceived parental behaviors and next generation engagement in family firms: a social cognitive perspective,
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 43(2), pp.224-243, ISSN: 1042-2587. DOI:
10.1177/1042258718796087.
Mustafa, M,
Scholes, L, Ramos, HM, Man, TW (2016)
Introduction to The role of context in understanding Asian family firms,
International Journal of Management Practice, 9(4), ISSN: 1477-9064.
Miller, D, Wright, M, Breton-Miller, IL,
Scholes, L (2015)
Resources and innovation in family businesses: the Janus-Face of socioemotional preferences,
California Management Review, 58(1), pp.20-40, ISSN: 0008-1256. DOI:
10.1525/cmr.2015.58.1.20.
Scholes, L, Mustafa, M, Chen, S (2015)
Internationalization of small family firms: the influence of family from a socioemotional wealth perspective,
Thunderbird International Business Review, ISSN: 1096-4762. DOI:
10.1002/tie.21729.
Scholes, L and Wilson, N (2014)
The importance of family firm trusts in family firm governance,
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, ISSN: 1042-2587. DOI:
10.1111/etap.12124.
Wilson, N, Wright, M,
Scholes, L (2013)
Family business survival and the role of boards,
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 37(6), pp.1369-1389, ISSN: 1042-2587. DOI:
10.1111/etap.12071.
Scholes, L, Wilson, N, Wright, M, Noke, H (2012) Listed Family Firms: Industrial and Geographical Context, Governance and Performance.
Bacon, N, Wright, M, Meuleman, M,
Scholes, L (2012)
The impact of private equity on management practices in European buy-outs: short-termism, Anglo-Saxon, or host country effects?,
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 51, pp.605-626, ISSN: 0019-8676. DOI:
10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00692.x.
Wilson, N, Wright, M, Siegel, DS,
Scholes, L (2012)
Private equity portfolio company performance during the global recession,
Journal of Corporate Finance, 18(1), pp.193-205, ISSN: 0929-1199. DOI:
10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2011.11.008.
Scholes, L, Wilson, N, Wright, M, Noke, H, Altanar, A (2010) UK Family Businesses: Industrial and Geographic Context, Governance and Performance.
Scholes, L, Wright, M, Westhead, P, Bruining, H (2010)
Strategic changes in family firms post management buyout: ownership and governance issues,
International Small Business Journal, 28(5), pp.505-521, ISSN: 0266-2426. DOI:
10.1177/0266242610370390.
Li, Y, Wright, M,
Scholes, L (2010)
Chinese management buyouts and board transformation,
Journal of Business Ethics, 95(S2), pp.361-380, ISSN: 0167-4544. DOI:
10.1007/s10551-011-0850-9.
Bacon, N, Wright, M,
Scholes, L, Meuleman, M (2010)
Assessing the impact of private equity on industrial relations in Europe,
Human Relations, 63(9), pp.1343-1370, ISSN: 0018-7267. DOI:
10.1177/0018726709350087.
Scholes, L, Wright, M, Westhead, P, Bruining, H, Kloeckner, O (2009)
Family-Firm Buyouts, Private Equity, and Strategic Change,
The Journal of Private Equity, 12(2), pp.7-18, ISSN: 1096-5572. DOI:
10.3905/jpe.2009.12.2.007.
Meuleman, M, Amess, K, Wright, M,
Scholes, L (2009)
Agency, strategic entrepreneurship, and the performance of private equity-backed buyouts,
Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 33(1), pp.213-239, ISSN: 1042-2587. DOI:
10.1111/j.1540-6520.2008.00287.x.
Lockett, A, Wright, M, Burrows, A,
Scholes, L, Paton, D (2008)
The export intensity of venture capital backed companies,
Small Business Economics, 31(1), pp.39-58, ISSN: 0921-898X. DOI:
10.1007/s11187-008-9109-y.
Weir, C, Wright, M,
Scholes, L (2008)
Public-to-private buy-outs, distress costs and private equity,
Applied Financial Economics, 18(10), pp.801-819, ISSN: 0960-3107. DOI:
10.1080/09603100701222283.
Scholes, L, Kloeckner, O, Ball, R, Howorth, C, Westhead, P, Wright, M, Burrows, A (2008) Private Equity in Family Firms: A Report on Private Equity Investments in Family Firms Across Europe.
Scholes, L, Westhead, P, Burrows, A (2008)
Family firm succession: the management buy‐out and buy‐in routes,
Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 15(1), pp.8-30, ISSN: 1462-6004. DOI:
10.1108/14626000810850829.
Scholes, ML, Wright, M, Westhead, P, Burrows, A, Bruining, H (2007)
Information Sharing, Price Negotiation and Management Buy-outs of Private Family-owned Firms,
Small Business Economics, 29(3), pp.329-349, ISSN: 0921-898X. DOI:
10.1007/s11187-006-9024-z.
Wright, M, Simons, T,
Scholes, L, Renneboog, L (2006) Leveraged Buyouts in the U.K. and Continental Europe: Retrospect and Prospect,
ECGI - Finance Working Paper, (126).
Wright, M, Renneboog, L, Simons, T,
Scholes, L (2006)
Leveraged Buyouts in the U.K. and Continental Europe: Retrospect and Prospect,
Journal of Applied Corporate Finance, 18(3), pp.38-55, ISSN: 1078-1196. DOI:
10.1111/j.1745-6622.2006.00097.x.
Conferences
Zhang, Y,
Scholes, L, Fu, K, Hughes, M (2020)
Social capital in a syndicate investment platform - Effects on syndicate lead performance. In
39th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson College; Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2019: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Boston Park, MA, USA.
Hughes, M, Oliveira, J, Georgiadou, E,
Scholes, L, Hughes, P (2019)
Family firms and their international subsidiaries: does subsidiary performance depend on family involvement?. In
4th International Family Business Research Forum (IFBRF), Monaco.
Elias, H, Alexopoulou, PP,
Scholes, L, Hughes, M (2019)
Social capital of family businesses: The influence of critical events in the macro-environment. In
2019 Family Enterprise Research Conference, Burlington, Vermont.
Hadjielias, E, Alexopoulou, PP,
Scholes, L, Hughes, M (2019)
Critical events and social capital of family businesses. In
IFERA 2019 Annual Conference, Bergamo, Italy.
Scholes, L, Elliott, C, Mustafa, M (2019)
Learning through the generations: challenging the myths of family business survival. In
EIASM, Nantes.
Scholes, ML, Hughes, M, Wright, M, De Massis, A, Kotlar, J (Accepted for publication) INNOVATION IN FAMILY FIRMS: THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT GOVERNANCE CONTEXTS. In IFERA, Zwolle, the Netherlands.
Scholes, L, Hughes, M, Yi, Y, Hu, X, Hughes, P (2018)
The influence of family firms on the sustainability of start-up/nascent enterprises. In
EIASM, UCLAN, Larnaca, Cyprus.
Scholes, L, Yi, Y, Hu, X, Hughes, M, Hughes, P (2017)
The influence of family firms on the sustainability of start-up/nascent enterprises: a decision-making perspective. In
International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA), Zadar, Croatia.
Scholes, L, Yi, Y, Hu, X, Hughes, M, Hughes, P (2017)
The influence of family firms on the sustainability of start-up/nascent enterprises. In
ISBE Conference, Belfast.
Garcia, PRJM, Sharma, P, De Massis, A, Wright, M,
Scholes, L (2017)
Parental behaviors and next-generation engagement in family firms: a social cognitive perspective. In
Theories of Family Enterprise, St Gallen, Switzerland.
Garcia, PRJM, Sharma, P, De Massis, A,
Scholes, L (2017)
Parental behaviors and next-generation engagement in family firms: a social cognitive perspective. In
Academy of Management, Altanta, USA.
Scholes, L, Mustafa, M, Hughes, M, Elliott, K (2015)
Family firm performance: trusts, ownership and governance. In
IFERA, Hamburg, Germany.
Chapters
Scholes, ML (2018) Management Buyouts. In Wright, M, Amess, K, Bacon, N (ed)
Buy-outs From Failure, Edward Elgar, pp.x-x.
Scholes, L (2018)
Buyouts from failure. In
The Routledge Companion to Management Buyouts, pp.186-198, ISBN: 9781138713840. DOI:
10.4324/9781315230597.
Wright, M, Li, Y,
Scholes, L (2012)
Management buyouts and board transformation in China’s transition economy. In
Entrepreneurship, Finance, Governance and Ethics, © Springer, pp.389-413, ISBN: 9789400738669. DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-3867-6_17.
Scholes, L and Wright, M (2009)
Leveraged buyouts and recession. In
QFINANCE: The Ultimate Resource, Qfinance, pp.682-686.
Scholes, ML (2008) Information Sharing, Price Negotiation and Management Buy-outs of Private Family-owned Firms. In
Private Equity and Management Buy-outs, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.1-1, ISBN: 9781847207258.
Lockett, A, Wright, M, Burrows, A,
Scholes, ML, Paton, D (2005) When do Venture Capitalists Make a Difference? The Export Intensity of Venture Capital Backed Companies. In Shepherd, DA and Katz, JA (ed)
International Entrepreneurship, Elsevier, pp.249-271, ISBN: 9780762312276.
