Valenza, Giuseppe, Caputo, Andrea and Calabrò, Andrea (2021) Is Small and Medium-sized Beautiful? The Structure and Evolution of Family SMEs Research. Journal of Family Business Management . ISSN 2043-6238
Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-03-2021-0024
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Abstract
The field of scientific research on small and medium-sized family businesses has been growing exponentially and the aim of this paper is to systematise the body of knowledge to develop an agenda for the future.
Adopting comparative bibliometric analyses on 155 articles (from 1989 until 2018) we provide a systematic assessment of the scientific research about small family firms, unveiling the structure and evolution of the field. Bibliographic coupling, co-citation analysis, and co-occurrence analysis are adopted to identify the most influential studies and themes.
Four clusters of research are reviewed: succession in family SMEs, performances of family SMEs, internationalisation of family SMEs, and organisational culture of family SMEs.
This paper contributes to the field of family SMEs by providing a systematic analysis of the scientific knowledge. Reviewing those clusters allows to providing avenues and reflections for future research and further practice.
| Keywords: | Family business, SMEs, small family business, bibliometric, VOSViewer, literature review |
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| Subjects: | N Business and Administrative studies > N100 Business studies |
| Divisions: | Lincoln International Business School |
| ID Code: | 45275 |
| Deposited On: | 25 Jun 2021 14:40 |
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