Operationally defining family SMEs: a critical review

P Roffia, S Moracchiato, E Liguori… - Journal of Small Business …, 2021 - emerald.com
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 …

The psychological foundations of management in family firms: Values, biases, and heuristics

PM Picone, A De Massis, Y Tang… - Family Business …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Considering the heterogeneity of family firm behaviors as reflecting the values, biases, and
heuristics of individuals, we discuss the implications of the psychological foundations of …

The family business CEO: A review of insights and opportunities for advancement

V Skorodziyevskiy, JA Chandler… - Journal of Small …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Understanding chief executive officers (CEOs) is important because of their vast influence
on the strategies and performance of organizations. With the growth of family business …

[HTML][HTML] On external knowledge sources and innovation performance: Family versus non-family firms

PAN Duong, W Voordeckers, J Huybrechts… - Technovation, 2022 - Elsevier
External knowledge has been found to be vital in generating innovation. However, little is
known about the conditions under which firms can benefit from utilizing specific external …

Entrepreneurial competencies and SMEs' performance in a developing economy

MN Sakib, MR Rabbani, IT Hawaldar, MA Jabber… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to empirically test the impact of entrepreneurial competencies on the
performances of SMEs in Bangladesh. The data are obtained from 115 entrepreneurs by a …

The role of family firms' generational heterogeneity in the entry mode choice in foreign markets

S Mariotti, R Marzano, L Piscitello - Journal of Business Research, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates how important sources of heterogeneity shape the way in which
family firms (FFs) enter foreign markets. By integrating insights from International Business …

[HTML][HTML] Is exposure to the family firm always good for the next CEO? How successor pre-succession firm experience affects post-succession performance in family …

B Istipliler, JP Ahrens, S Bort, A Isaak - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The benefits of pre-succession family firm experience have frequently been emphasized.
However, empirical research on the impact of such experience on firm performance is …

Back to the future: The effect of returning family successions on firm performance

MD Amore, M Bennedsen… - Strategic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary We study successions from a non‐family CEO back to a family
CEO, which we label “Type‐R" successions. In our sample of 489 Italian family firms …

Financial performance of hidden champions: Evidence from German manufacturing firms

MS Johann, JH Block, L Benz - Small Business Economics, 2022 - Springer
Hidden champions are market leaders in niche markets and are an important part of the
German Mittelstand. Although the hidden champion phenomenon has received …

[HTML][HTML] Flowers of adversity: Institutional constraints and innovative SMEs in transition economies

B Istipliler, S Bort, M Woywode - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Prior research has shown that institutional constraints, present in many emerging and
transition economies, decrease the performance of firms. However, how resource-restricted …