Purpose

The aim of this paper is to verify whether, in the tourism sector, the “family business model” is an important development opportunity and, in particular, if it is an innovation driver for this industry development. In the literature, there is no conclusive evidence of this for the tourism sector. In this context, the authors investigate personal and family needs and preferences alongside the relationship between family business model, growth and profit maximization and the development of tourism businesses through innovation drivers.

Design/methodology/approach

To develop this topic, the authors conducted an extensive literature review considering the scientific papers published and contained mainly in database in the last 10 years (2010–2020) and focused the attention on the last five years. The authors ran content and structural analysis on the collected sources by main scientific databases (EBSCO, Scopus, Thomson Reuter, etc.). Based on a systematic literature review, the analysis was conducted using statistical criteria and bibliometric indicators. In detail, the authors used systematic literature review, bibliometric analysis and automatic text analysis (ATA) tools for identified lexicon analysis and strategic keywords and used statistical correlation to classify the different approaches in the literature and to outline the orientations of the various research groups.

Findings

From this analysis, the correlation between tourism, hospitality, entrepreneurship, life cycle and innovation dynamics was analysed. Important research gaps are identified, and future research priorities are suggested. Implications for both family business and tourism theory are discussed.

Originality/value

While the intersection between tourism management and family business model has been established in the literature, the number of related publications is still limited. Against this background, a literature review as a total analysis was an adequate and practicable research methodology. This paper proposes a comprehensive literature review and a reflection on the potential developments and applications for family business in the tourism sector. Authors also suggest several research directions that have not been adequately investigated yet. In particular, scholars do not seem to have caught all the implications of innovation adoption, especially for SMEs and family ownerships in tourism.

中文翻译：

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旅游业家族商业模式的创新驱动力

目的

本文旨在验证在旅游业中，“家族企业模式”是否是一个重要的发展机遇，尤其是它是否是该行业发展的创新驱动力。在文献中，没有关于旅游业的确凿证据。在此背景下，作者调查了个人和家庭的需求和偏好，以及家族企业模式、增长和利润最大化以及通过创新驱动力发展旅游企业之间的关系。

设计/方法/方法

为了展开这一主题，作者对过去 10 年（2010-2020 年）发表和主要包含在数据库中的科学论文进行了广泛的文献综述，并将注意力集中在过去五年。作者对主要科学数据库（EBSCO、Scopus、Thomson Reuter 等）收集的资源进行了内容和结构分析。基于系统的文献综述，使用统计标准和文献计量指标进行了分析。具体而言，作者使用系统文献综述、文献计量分析和自动文本分析 (ATA) 工具来确定词典分析和战略关键词，并使用统计相关性对文献中的不同方法进行分类并概述各个研究小组的方向。

发现

从这个分析中，分析了旅游、酒店、创业、生命周期和创新动态之间的相关性。确定了重要的研究差距，并建议了未来的研究重点。讨论了对家族企业和旅游理论的影响。

原创性/价值

虽然文献中已经建立了旅游管理和家族企业模式之间的交集，但相关出版物的数量仍然有限。在此背景下，文献综述作为整体分析是一种充分且可行的研究方法。本文对家族企业在旅游业中的潜在发展和应用进行了全面的文献回顾和反思。作者还提出了几个尚未充分研究的研究方向。特别是，学者们似乎并没有抓住创新采用的所有影响，尤其是对旅游业中的中小企业和家庭所有权。