Purpose – To examine differences between family and non-family SMEs in business goals, management practices and performance as they grow. Design/methodology/approach – The study was based on 233 small non-family and 362 small family firms. Medium firms comprised 305 family and 341 non-family...

Purpose -The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of firm size on performance (measured as profits, growth, efficiency and liquidity) differences between family and non-family small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The samples of 441 family and 473...