... 12 08 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Decision-making Governance Family firms Leadership Qualitative methods Family businesses are unique enterprises characterized by the active participation of family...

...Alessia Patuelli; Stefano Amato Purpose This study aims to investigate how place attachment – the emotional bond between individuals or groups and a specific territory – originates and develops with family firms. Drawing on a context-sensitive approach, it aims to shed light on the mechanisms...

...Shqipe Gashi Nulleshi Purpose This paper aims to add to the theorization of family dynamics and women’s entrepreneurship by examining women’s influence on decision-making in family businesses. Business decisions in family firms, in particular, are not free from family influence in terms of goals...

...Börje Boers; Thomas Henschel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore and understand how family firms manage a crisis by applying a processual and longitudinal perspective. The objective is to find out how crisis management is approached by family firms in Sweden, Scotland and Germany...

...Zografia Bika; Peter Rosa Purpose Previous studies have largely examined interregional variations of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) rather than family firm concentrations. This paper aims to address this gap through an analysis of firm type indicators across Europe from the Eurostat...