How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms

Family businesses vary considerably in size, ranging from small entrepreneurial ventures over medium-sized companies to large global corporations. However, we know little about how family businesses grow. Our research analyses differences in growth patterns between family and non-family businesses,...

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Autores: Moreno Menéndez, Ana María, Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/180228
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/180228
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2021.100420
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Firm growth
Family business
Socioemotional wealth
Resource-based view
Spain
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
title How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
spellingShingle How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
Moreno Menéndez, Ana María
Firm growth
Family business
Socioemotional wealth
Resource-based view
Spain
title_short How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
title_full How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
title_fullStr How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
title_full_unstemmed How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
title_sort How do family businesses grow? Differences in growth patterns between family and non-family firms
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Moreno Menéndez, Ana María
Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
author Moreno Menéndez, Ana María
author_facet Moreno Menéndez, Ana María
Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
author_role author
author2 Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Administración de Empresas y Marketing
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Firm growth
Family business
Socioemotional wealth
Resource-based view
Spain
topic Firm growth
Family business
Socioemotional wealth
Resource-based view
Spain
description Family businesses vary considerably in size, ranging from small entrepreneurial ventures over medium-sized companies to large global corporations. However, we know little about how family businesses grow. Our research analyses differences in growth patterns between family and non-family businesses, considering two dimensions of business growth: sales (performance) and employees (resources). Based on the Penrosean resource- based view of the firm and socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective, we test and find —using a panel of 2000 Spanish manufacturing companies (2006–2014) —that family businesses tend to grow less than non-family businesses in terms of sales but more in terms of employees. Our research casts doubt on the myth of low growth in family businesses and shows that SEW should complement the Penrosean approach to explain the growth of family businesses.
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