Despite the plethora of studies on SMEs' export performance and survival, empirical works
on export initiation are relatively limited. Thus far, extant literature has fallen short of …

In light of the unprecedented global crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, resilient
businesses are those more likely to make the transition to the post-COVID era. Our study …

The aim of the current paper is advance a comprehensive framework meant to bridge three
major concepts, namely intellectual capital (IC), the internationalization process of small and …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of owner family involvement in
business on sustainable survival of family small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and to …

Purpose In this study, we investigated the dilemma of devising an operational family
business definition in the SME context. The existing family business literature mostly agrees …

Building on an in-depth case study of a four-generational Scottish family firm, we generate a
triple-layered model of socialization. Our findings go beyond the traditional focus on internal …

Using Stewart's (1976a, 1976b) role framework as an analytical lens, this paper examines
how business incubator managers perceive their role and performance, and the choices …

Purpose This paper provides a review of the academic literature on organizational structure
(OS) in family firms, highlighting the contribution to knowledge and identifying research gaps …

Relatively little is known about how born-global companies (BGs) innovate abroad during
their lifecycle or about how the international innovation activities of BGs are related to their …

Poland's successful political, economic, and social transformation since the 1990s has seen
the dynamic development of family enterprises. Most of them are in the small-and medium …