... to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Family constitution Family protocol Family charter Family firm Family social capital Succession planning Firm resilience Firm social capital, resources...

...Shital Jayantilal; Sílvia Ferreira Jorge; Paulo Alcarva Purpose Family businesses are essential to the global economy but often grapple with family-related issues, especially during succession. This study explores how governance tools like the family protocol (FP) mitigate conflicts by setting...

... case studies: seven Portuguese family companies. Data collection techniques, interviewing, direct observation and documentary analysis were used. Findings Based on the empirical evidence, it is concluded that the family council and family protocol help succession planning and favour the continuity...

... using cluster analysis, and we identify four different types of family businesses whose characteristics are associated to the adoption of different family governance systems, i.e. family councils and family protocols. The comparison between clusters of the baseline parameters was performed using one-way...