The performance implications of family ownership have been studied extensively. However, studies that investigate the … influence of family ownership on small business growth remain scarce and suffer from several shortcomings. To remedy these … business growth. First, this study shows that there is a negative, although non-monotonic, relationship between family …

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This study examines the influence of organizational psychological capital on the performance of small and medium … COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we investigate how organizational psychological capital impacts performance and creative … notion that organizational psychological capital positively influences creative innovation of SMEs and thus performance …

if and how team diversity in USOs affects the performance of this special group of newly founded firms. We test our … related to networks and financial resources and affects the performance. In addition, our study reveals the direct and … indirect effects of team diversity on success in USOs. This way we contribute to the ongoing discussion on performance …

ethical and competitive performance; and, (3) whether those effects are contingent on a firm’s entrepreneurial characteristics … SME’s ethical performance, and that the performance effects are contingent on an SME’s degree of entrepreneurial …, roles, and performance effects of ‘higher-than-operations-level’ capabilities is likely underestimated in current dynamic …

for the performance (measured as survival) of these businesses, but that this effect is moderated by the (in)dependence of … the new technology-based business and by the industry in which it is active. We test the adaptation-performance hypothesis …

Learning is a vital issue for small business starters, contributing to short- and long-term business performance, as …, learning opportunities and learning behaviours are related to three outcome measures: a performance outcome (goal achievement …), a personal growth outcome (skill development), and an affective evaluation outcome (satisfaction). The results show the …