Family firm heterogeneity: A definition, common themes, scholarly progress, and directions forward

JJ Daspit, JJ Chrisman, T Ashton… - Family Business …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
While progress has been made in recent years to understand the differences among family
firms, insights remain fragmented due, in part, to an incomplete understanding of …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of family business and consumer behaviour

A Bargoni, I Alon, A Ferraris - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review on the intertwining of family
business and consumer behaviour literature. Leveraging bibliometric software, we …

Family firms' characteristics and consumer behaviour: An enquiry into millennials' purchase intention in the online channel

A Bargoni, T Kliestik, F Jabeen, G Santoro - Journal of Business Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to investigate the effect of family firms' characteristics on millennials'
purchase intention through three dimensions (emotional appeal, product and service quality …

Internationalization and entrepreneurial orientation of family SMEs: The influence of the family character

M Alayo, A Maseda, T Iturralde, U Arzubiaga - International business review, 2019 - Elsevier
Internationalization is an important entrepreneurial strategy for promoting the long-term
growth and survivability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Family involvement …

Identity in family firms: toward an integrative understanding

C Bettinelli, E Lissana, M Bergamaschi… - Family Business …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
To take stock of the literature on identity in family firms (IFF), we examine 122 journal articles
published between 2006 and 2020. We then develop a thematic map to help scholars …

Branding the family firm: A review, integrative framework proposal, and research agenda

CB Astrachan, I Botero, JH Astrachan… - Journal of Family Business …, 2018 - Elsevier
A family business brand allows family-owned companies to leverage a valuable
idiosyncratic resource: the family nature of the firm. A steadily growing body of research …

Family entrepreneurship as a field of research: Exploring its contours and contents

K Randerson, C Bettinelli, A Fayolle… - Journal of Family …, 2015 - Elsevier
This research note presents some food for thought about linking and relating the family,
family business and entrepreneurship fields. Although each field has developed an …

Mining the past: History scripting strategies and competitive advantage in a family business

B Ge, A De Massis, J Kotlar - Entrepreneurship Theory and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
History is increasingly recognized as a distinctive source of competitive advantage for family
businesses. Taking a rhetorical history perspective, we study how a family business …

Does family involvement foster or hinder firm performance? The missing role of family-based branding strategies

C Gallucci, R Santulli, A Calabrò - Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2015 - Elsevier
Considering family involvement exclusively through “demographic criteria” does not allow to
properly catching the effects of this unique resource on family firms performance. The aim of …

“We are a family firm”: An exploration of the motives for communicating the family business brand

CB Astrachan, IC Botero - Journal of Family Business Management, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose Evidence suggests that some stakeholders perceive family firms as more
trustworthy, responsible, and customer-oriented than public companies. To capitalize on …