This study aims to address the question of why the efforts of family Small and Medium Enterprises (family SMEs) to … develop international partnerships fail. In particular, it draws on the network theory of internationalisation and SEW … perspective and explores how family managers' interpretation of the behaviour of potential international partners can lead to the …

Family firms show specific behavior in their internationalization because of the affective ties derived from the family …'s influence in the business. The desire to achieve business and family objectives determines the strategic decision making of … family members in governance and management, affecting the internationalization strategy. This research intends to determine …

One of the most significant challenges facing family businesses, and therefore the most studied, is how to successfully … probate process, the preparation of the successor and the importance of family harmony in family business successions. The … with the succession process. It also highlights that preparing the successor is an evolutionary process and that family …

Despite the fact that the family business study has a history and multiple theories that supports research, there is … still a need to use approaches that allow a better understanding of the business, starting from the members of the family … business family, as well as the theories for the study of the family business and the business family. Concluding with the …

This article offers a conceptual discussion about the relationship between wealth and wellbeing of the business family … of the model as regards the relationship between wealth and wellbeing of the business family. …

Cohabiting couples are a rapidly growing family form in the world today. However, this family form has not been … accounted for in family business research. In this article, we examine the differences between cohabiting couples and married … impact outcomes for firms owned by cohabiting and married couples. Finally, we discuss how family business scholars can …

Succession is one of the crucial processes in family businesses, enabling them to last for generations. On one hand … increasing need for new successors and their decreasing interest in taking over the family business. In doing so, we rely on … GUESSS data from 2021, and our sample consists of Slovak students who consider their parents' business as a family business …

The longevity that characterizes many family businesses is explained, to a large extent, by the continuous effort that … regulations developed in the various decision-making areas (such as the General Meeting, the Board of Directors, the Family … unity within the family and the degree of balance between the levels of potestas and auctoritas of the people involved in …

This paper aims to measure the influence of the family responsible ownership practices on the socially responsible … behaviour of family small and medium firms. To reach this purpose, we define six hypothesis and we apply an empirical testing of … an integrative model. Based on a sample of 84 family SMEs, we use structural equation modelling to test for possible …