Overview of the most recent literature reviews on family business resilience
| Literature review | Journal | Key focus | Outcome | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prasad and Roy (2024) | Management Review Quarterly | Reviews family business resilience factors and their crisis response strategies | Key resilience factors (e.g. survivability capital, social capital, long-term orientation, professionalization of management, entrepreneurial orientation, external support) and a framework of antecedents, such as family and business dimension, process and outcomes | 226 of 558 |
| Yilmaz et al. (2024) | Family Business Review | Defines family business resilience and focuses on the distinctive dimensions characterizing family business resilience | Four key themes of family business resilience
| 73 of 395 |
| Buchner et al. (2021) | Betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis | Gives an overview of general themes of family businesses attributed to family business resilience and highlights the greater resilience of family businesses due to entrepreneurial family and non-financial goals | Three thematic categories that impact family business resilience regarding
| 46 of 1,473 |
| Beech et al. (2020) | International Journal of Organizational Analysis | Explores the role of “familiness” and noneconomic factors in the context of family business resilience literature | Framework for how familiness mediates the relationships between the individual and the business, including components | n/a |
| Ventura et al. (2020) | International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development | Examines organizational resilience in family businesses with a focus on resilience during generational change and its implications | Temporal perspective on resistance, vulnerability, and operational resilience in family businesses | 33 of 400 |
| Literature review | Journal | Key focus | Outcome | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reviews family business resilience factors and their crisis response strategies | Key resilience factors (e.g. survivability capital, social capital, long-term orientation, professionalization of management, entrepreneurial orientation, external support) and a framework of antecedents, such as family and business dimension, process and outcomes | 226 of 558 | ||
| Defines family business resilience and focuses on the distinctive dimensions characterizing family business resilience | Four key themes of family business resilience Defining family business resilience Long-term orientation and family values Resource and capability endowments Demonstration of resilience and learning | 73 of 395 | ||
| Gives an overview of general themes of family businesses attributed to family business resilience and highlights the greater resilience of family businesses due to entrepreneurial family and non-financial goals | Three thematic categories that impact family business resilience regarding Survival, performance, and growth Actors, adaptability, and risk propensity Capital structure, finance, and investment | 46 of 1,473 | ||
| Explores the role of “familiness” and noneconomic factors in the context of family business resilience literature | Framework for how familiness mediates the relationships between the individual and the business, including components | n/a | ||
| Examines organizational resilience in family businesses with a focus on resilience during generational change and its implications | Temporal perspective on resistance, vulnerability, and operational resilience in family businesses | 33 of 400 |
Source(s): Authors’ own work