While progress has been made in recent years to understand the differences among family firms, insights remain fragmented due, in part, to an incomplete understanding of heterogeneity and the scope of differences that exist among family firms. Given this, we offer a definition of and review the literature on family firm heterogeneity. A latent semantic analysis of 781 articles from 33 journals identified nine common themes of family firm heterogeneity. For each theme, we review scholarly progress made and highlight differences among family firms. Additionally, we offer directions for advancing the study of family firm heterogeneity.

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家族企业异质性：定义，共同主题，学术进步和前进方向

尽管近年来在了解家族企业之间的差异方面取得了进展，但由于部分不了解异质性和家族企业之间存在的差异的范围，因此见解仍然是零散的。鉴于此，我们提供了关于家族企业异质性的定义并进行了回顾。对来自33种期刊的781篇文章的潜在语义分析确定了家族企业异质性的9个常见主题。对于每个主题，我们都会回顾学术成就，并强调家族企业之间的差异。此外，我们为推进家族企业异质性研究提供了指导。