Journal of Family Business Management ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-06 , DOI: 10.1108/jfbm-03-2021-0024 Giuseppe Valenza 1 , Andrea Caputo 2 , Andrea Calabrò 3
Purpose
The field of scientific research on small and medium-sized family businesses has been growing exponentially and the aim of this paper is to systematize the body of knowledge to develop an agenda for the future.
Design/methodology/approach
Adopting comparative bibliometric analyses on 155 articles (from 1989 until 2018) the authors 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.
Findings
Four clusters of research are reviewed: succession in family SMEs, performances of family SMEs, internationalization of family SMEs and organizational culture of family SMEs.
Originality/value
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.
中文翻译:
中小号美吗?家族式中小企业研究的结构与演变
目的
中小型家族企业的科学研究领域呈指数级增长,本文的目的是系统化知识体系以制定未来议程。
设计/方法/途径
通过对 155 篇文章(从 1989 年到 2018 年)进行比较文献计量分析,作者对有关小型家族企业的科学研究进行了系统评估,揭示了该领域的结构和演变。采用书目耦合、共引分析和共现分析来确定最具影响力的研究和主题。
发现
回顾了四个研究集群:家族中小企业的继承、家族中小企业的绩效、家族中小企业的国际化和家族中小企业的组织文化。
原创性/价值
本文通过提供对科学知识的系统分析,为家族中小企业领域做出贡献。回顾这些集群可以为未来的研究和进一步的实践提供途径和思考。