...Basma Khoja Purpose This study examines how family influence shapes the entrepreneurial passion of next-generation family members in Saudi Arabian family businesses, and asks how gender conditions this relationship. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a qualitative, multiple-case study design...

...Raquel Meneses; Bela Gomes; Ricardo Correia Purpose This study aims to examine how gender shapes family business succession, investigating the systematic exclusion of daughters from leadership pathways. It explores the mechanisms through which women are marginalised despite possessing equal...

... is a governance boundary condition determinant of the association between CEO overconfidence and sustainability disclosure. Originality/value This study contributes to family business and behavioral governance literature by showing that family ownership is not merely an ownership form but a socioemotional...

...Henrique Varconte Blanco; Claudimar Pereira da Veiga; Lucilaine Maria Pascuci; Diego Antonio Bittencourt Marconatto; Cássia Rita Pereira da Veiga Purpose This study investigates internal organizational barriers to innovation in Brazilian family businesses (FBs), drawing on Rumelt’s (1995) theory...

...Vanessa Ratten Purpose Mental health is important in any business type but particularly in family businesses due to their unique nature and interaction with other family businesses. To fully understand the role of mental health in family business, a newer approach integrating technological...

... value from SEW, it is necessary to clarify how SEW is conceptualized within the family business literature. It is a central tenet of the family business literature that, relative to non - family firms, family firms place less emphasis on financial objectives like wealth creation and financial...

... on how such managers develop and enact flexibility in their RO remains limited. To explore how family-owned real estate firm managers entrepreneurially orchestrate their resources to enable firm strategy, it is necessary to integrate the framework of RO with core insights from family business theory...

... excerpts from the seminars quoted in the text to the respective seminar. Source(s): Authors’ own work Family farm transfer Family business Farm succession Farmer’s wife Farm women Female perspective Funding: No funding was received to assist with the preparation...

... in family businesses. Diana Dryglas can be contacted at: ddryglas@agh.edu.pl 22 05 2025 21 08 2025 12 10 2025 04 11 2025 © Diana Dryglas, Marcin Suder, Anna Lis and Adrian Lis 2025 Diana Dryglas, Marcin Suder, Anna Lis and Adrian Lis Published by Emerald Publishing...

...Khadija Altaraifi; Kazuo Inaba; Jie Qin Purpose This study explores the impact of socioemotional wealth (SEW), conceptualized through the FIBER model, on the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of family businesses in Bahrain. It aims to understand how different SEW dimensions influence EO, offering...

... influencing the choice of purchasing channel. Findings The results show that the viability of traditional family retail business models is conditioned by emotional factors and the pursuit of sustainability. Trust, social awareness and the sustainability of family businesses are highly valued factors...

...Alberto Sardi; Guido Giovando; Alessandro Giunipero Purpose This study examines family foundations in Italy as part of the broader field of family business research. Such foundations play a crucial role in safeguarding and transmitting family identity and values across generations. Nevertheless...

... 2025 29 07 2025 17 08 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Family business Sustainable innovation Socioemotional wealth Translation process Since the Brundtland report in 1987 , there has been a growing...

.../methodology/approach To achieve this objective, two samples of small and medium-sized enterprises (between 11 and 250 employees), one family-owned and the other non-family-owned, were compared using statistical analysis. In family businesses, the family owns more than 50% of the shares, and a family member...

..., products or internal processes. In this context, this paper aims to analyze the influence of family business characteristics on the management of a PMO in a large Brazilian pharmaceutical retail company. Design/methodology/approach A single and integrated case study was carried out in the 5th largest...

.... A total of 24 interviews were conducted with non-family employees who worked for either micro or medium sized family businesses in Northern Vietnam. Further, observation through many field visits was carried out. Findings This study uncovers several novel insights. First, the proposed framework...

...Mehmet Bağış; Mehmet Nurullah Kurutkan; Oğuz Demirel; Özgür Çark; Omer Yazici Purpose This research aims to analyze the development patterns of knowledge management (KM) literature in the context of family businesses (FB) with objective and quantitative data. For this purpose, it aims to fill...

..., the effect of synergies (agency or hubris) is stronger for family companies (non-family companies). Originality/value This paper links the controversial question of whether family businesses are better buyers to the question of why they get involved in takeovers. In developing an explanatory approach...

...Lina Fuad Hussien; Nahed Habis Alrawashedh; Omar Zraqat; Khaled Alshaketheep; Baha Aldeen Mohammad Fraihat Purpose Family businesses cannot continue if they fail to enhance their strategic performance by creating sufficient value for their shareholders. This study explores how value-added...

...Marie Mikušová; Kateřina Stanovská Purpose The interconnection of three phenomena of family businesses is the subject of the presented research. It seeks an answer to the question of whether socioemotional wealth affects the multigenerational FB’s approach to technological advancement...