Women in Family Firms: A Structured Literature Review

This paper presents a literature review on women in family firms with the aim to answer the following research questions: 1) What is the evolutionary trend of the field? 2) What's new in the (very) recent debate on women in family firms? Based on a structured literature review (SLR) method, we analysed a set of studies published over the last 17 and a half years (2000-2017, June 30) selected from the SCOPUS databases. Results confirmed the growing interest in this topic, highlighting a positive trend of the field of research. Secondly, our findings show a relevant and growing contribution from European researchers. Third, the analysis has allowed us to identify emerging and/or crucial research topics (women in family businesses, succession, women-owned family business and female entrepreneurship, copreneurial ventures) and offer suggestions for future research