Based on a review of 217 refereed articles on family business studies, the literature is
organized according to its focus on individual, interpersonal or group, organizational, and …

This article offers a socio-historical view of how families make a living and contribute to
business formation. We review the history of family changes that occurred over the last …

Organizational culture is an important strategic resource that family firms can use to gain a
competitive advantage. Drawing upon the resource–based view (RBV) of the firm, this study …

The authors survey arguments that family firms should behave more like nonfamily firms and
“professionalize.” Despite the apparent advantages of this transition, many family firms fail to …

Family firms are essential for economic growth and development through new business
startups and growth of existing family firms. Entrepreneurial behavior by the CEO is essential …

The purpose was to identify strategies for families to utilize to increase the success of both
their business and their family based on analysis of data in the 1997 National Family …

The ability of family firms to identify and respond to changes in their external environments
can be a key source of competitive advantage leading to success and survival. Some …

This paper shows the relevance of family businesses to the German economy and their
structure with respect to ownership, governance, and management. The data show that …

This paper proposes a research model that outlines the determinants of functional families
and profitable businesses–requisites for family business sustainability. Two features …

Drawing on the family‐embeddedness perspective on entrepreneurship and the resource‐
based‐view of the firm, we investigate how the promotion of family‐based brand identity …