International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research: Volume 29 Issue 1

Role of socioemotional wealth (SEW) in the internationalisation of family firms

Apoorva Jain, Sonal Thukral, Justin Paul

Family firms' desire to preserve and uphold socioemotional wealth (SEW) makes their internationalisation a complex phenomenon. Despite the significance of SEW in guiding family…

The effects of globalization on family firms' business model in Europe

Yong Qin, Xinxin Wang, Zeshui Xu, Marinko Skare

The debate over differences in the behaviors of firms facing globalization is ongoing. This study examines whether globalization impacts the behavior of family firms and if this…

How organizational readiness for digital innovation shapes digital business model innovation in family businesses

Xuemei Xie, Huimiao Zhang, Cristina Blanco

Family businesses often lack sufficient knowledge about digital business model innovation digital business model innovation (BMI). This study's purpose was to analyze how and when…

The influence of digital entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation on intention of family businesses to adopt artificial intelligence: examining the mediating role of business innovativeness

Nitin Upadhyay, Shalini Upadhyay, Mutaz M. Al-Debei, Abdullah M. Baabdullah, Yogesh K. Dwivedi

This study aims to investigate the adoption intention of artificial intelligence (AI) in family businesses through the perspectives of digital entrepreneurship and…

Innovation in family firms: The Brittelstand

David Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Nada Rejeb

The Brittelstand are innovative, family-owned firms that offer national and international opportunities in the United Kingdom (UK). These fast-growing businesses are…

A review of digital family businesses: setting marketing strategies, business models and technology applications

José Ramón Saura, Daniel Palacios-Marqués, Belém Barbosa

Technological advances in the last decade have caused both business and economic sectors to seek for new ways to adapt their business models to a connected data-centric era…

Research and innovation and the role of competition in family owned and managed firms

Yuping Yin, Frank Crowley, Justin Doran, Jun Du, Mari O'Connor

This paper examines the innovation behavior of family-owned firms versus non-family-owned firms. The role of internal family governance and the influence of external stimuli…

Beyond the short-term: the effects of broad-based employee ownership on labor productivity in family and nonfamily firms

Frank Mullins

This study investigates whether broad-based employee ownership (BBEO), in isolation and in conjunction with cash profit sharing (CPS), can enhance labor productivity in family…

Family involvement and proactive tax management behaviour in private family SMEs

José Antonio Clemente-Almendros, Tomás González-Cruz

This paper investigates whether board composition, a family chief executive officer (CEO) and the firm's managerial capabilities affect proactive tax management in family small…

Growth implications of creation and discovery behavior among family firms: the moderating role of venture age

Francis Donbesuur, Magnus Hultman, Nathaniel Boso, Pejvak Oghazi

The aim of the study is to examine the effects of opportunity creation and discovery on the performance of family firms. Specifically, from the tenets of dynamic capabilities and…

The socioemotional wealth of leaders in family firm succession and corporate governance processes: a systematic literature review

Isabel Cristina Panziera Marques, João Leitão, João Ferreira, André Cavalcanti

Adopting the research concept of socioemotional wealth (SEW) as applied to family firm leaders, this study aims to analyse the literature on succession and corporate governance…