Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a structured review of the literature on the
factors affecting the strategic thinking of an organization. This study offers some theoretical …

SMEs are important to world business and the majority of SMEs are family firms. Yet some
family SMEs are inert, local firms while others are dynamic and international. Do certain …

Heterogeneity among family firms has become an important research topic. This special
issue of Journal of Business Research contributes to the literature on family firm …

En este artículo se revisan los aportes teórico-conceptuales y empíricos más destacables
relacionados con las decisiones de financiamiento en empresas familiares, con el objetivo …

The academic research of family-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs) has
undergone significant growth over the past several decades. Many researchers hold that the …

Purpose Family businesses have a dual objective of profit making and providing
opportunities for family members. This duality leads to a conflict that may bring poor team …

Purpose Although family business literature acknowledges that family firms owners are
motivated by a set of socioemotional wealth (SEW) goals along with firm-centric business …

We develop hypotheses from a “bifurcation bias” approach involving the asymmetric
treatment of family and nonfamily assets, and we test them on a sample of 6893 European …

Purpose Literature considers the succession process to be successful when both the
continuity of the business and harmony within the family are preserved. This study …

Family business research has grown exponentially in recent decades (Daspit et al., 2017),
and the family business field has gained significant external legitimacy (Perez Rodriguez …