Extant literature recognizes both family business heterogeneity and the need to identify relevant definitional criteria to distinguish family firms, leading to the emergence of typologies, taxonomies and classification schemes. This paper presents a comprehensive review of existing classifications, which we the compare with the core conceptual elements embedded in 258 family business definitions. Our analyses enables an identification of the characteristics of the entities being classified, and then we proceed to reflect on their usefulness and effectiveness for classifying family firms. Based on the integrated analysis, we then propose some recommendations and future research lines in order to develop a workable classification of family fi...
Research on family business achieved a considerable development over the last decades and knowledge ...
The involvement of families in firms’ ownership, management, and governance is a key driver of organ...
The aim of this paper is to introduce and classify a multifamily firm, a business controlled and man...
ABSTRACT. Extant literature recognizes both family business heterogeneity and the need to identify r...
This review article displays several attempts to define family businesses as well as a systematizati...
A large percentage of Mexican firms can be classified as family businesses. These have a different r...
Family business researchers have devoted substantial attention to comparing family firms with nonfam...
Family firms can be thought of as heterogeneous configurations where ownership, governance, manageme...
Family involvement in ownership and management of business varies significantly within family firms....
Purpose The increasingly competitive manufacturing sector has made innovation crucial for the conti...
Family business research is still a relatively new field of study in which researches are hardly giv...
Most businesses are argued to be family businesses, but this group of businesses is very heterogeneo...
Family businesses are and have been vital in the European’s socioeconomic contexts. Notwithstanding ...
The authors appreciate the support of the Chair of Family Business of the University of Valencia and...
Family involvement in ownership and management of business varies significantly within family firms....
Research on family business achieved a considerable development over the last decades and knowledge ...
The involvement of families in firms’ ownership, management, and governance is a key driver of organ...
The aim of this paper is to introduce and classify a multifamily firm, a business controlled and man...
ABSTRACT. Extant literature recognizes both family business heterogeneity and the need to identify r...
This review article displays several attempts to define family businesses as well as a systematizati...
A large percentage of Mexican firms can be classified as family businesses. These have a different r...
Family business researchers have devoted substantial attention to comparing family firms with nonfam...
Family firms can be thought of as heterogeneous configurations where ownership, governance, manageme...
Family involvement in ownership and management of business varies significantly within family firms....
Purpose The increasingly competitive manufacturing sector has made innovation crucial for the conti...
Family business research is still a relatively new field of study in which researches are hardly giv...
Most businesses are argued to be family businesses, but this group of businesses is very heterogeneo...
Family businesses are and have been vital in the European’s socioeconomic contexts. Notwithstanding ...
The authors appreciate the support of the Chair of Family Business of the University of Valencia and...
Family involvement in ownership and management of business varies significantly within family firms....
Research on family business achieved a considerable development over the last decades and knowledge ...
The involvement of families in firms’ ownership, management, and governance is a key driver of organ...
The aim of this paper is to introduce and classify a multifamily firm, a business controlled and man...