Despite their practical and academic importance, family businesses (FBs) have not been well-studied in terms of their longevity. The present study addresses this gap through the case of Kikkōman Corporation, one of Japan’s ...
Strategic planning continues to be a necessary but often ineffective process for preserving and adapting competitive advantage in these volatile, unstable, complex, ambiguous (‘VUCA’) times. What is needed more than ever ...
This study represents the pioneering exploration of succession dynamics within family firms operating in the service industry by adopting a stewardship perspective. Surprisingly, there is a gap around research that considers ...
Most family business theories and models used in sub-Saharan Africa are anchored on the Western worldview. However, various researchers acknowledge the flaws of these theories when applied in cultures outside the Western ...
This article examines the role of reputation building in family business contexts through relationships between the appointment of female on board (FOB) and the establishment of risk management (RMCOM) and corporate social ...
Velamuri, S. Ramakrishna; Zhang, Shiqi; Singh, Sonal H.(Sage Publications, 2025-11-25)
This article empirically investigates the effect of family ownership, state ownership and management control on the innovation of listed firms in China. Using unique data available for Chinese listed companies on control, ...
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is central to debates on the legitimacy and competitiveness of family firms, yet evidence on ownership effects remains inconsistent. While socioemotional wealth perspectives highlight ...
This research examines the impact of family involvement in firms on their propensity to engage in corrupt practices, specifically through the payment of bribes to public officials or politicians. The influence of the ...
Kamarudin, Muhamad Ali Imran Bin; Murad, Muhammad(Sage Publications, 2025-11-18)
This research examines the role of family-oriented training design, family-oriented trainer characteristics and family-oriented trainee absorption on family business small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance in ...
Regulatory mandates by various governments on women representation on company boards play an important role in fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG-5 on gender equality) adopted by the members of the United ...
Family business forms the backbone of most economies worldwide, blending entrepreneurial drive with legacy and values. It is estimated that about 70% or more of the world’s GDP is contributed by family businesses. Families ...
The Journal of Entrepreneurship (JoE) has published three special issues since 2022, each addressing a significant theme within the entrepreneurship domain. The earlier special issues explored ‘Entrepreneurship and the ...
Tackett, Jennifer L.; Sherman, Ryne; Kaufman, Melissa(Sage Publications, 2025-08-07)
Despite widespread interest in the personality of successful founders, scientific research on leadership personality has overwhelmingly focused on leaders in more standard leadership roles such as CEOs. Furthermore, empirical ...
Baluku, Martin Mabunda(Sage Publications, 2025-08-07)
Although entrepreneurship is increasingly becoming important for the economic integration of refugees, personal and situational conditions make it a challenging vocational choice. Given that grit and resilience are associated ...
There is a lively debate among scholars about the definition and dimensions of entrepreneurship. However, the public understanding often differs from that of academics. This investigation explores how ordinary individuals ...
In existing literature on the effect of entrepreneurial experience on firm performance, the nature of the relationship between the founding experience of entrepreneurs and the technological output of start-ups remains ...
Alves, André de Abreu Saraiva Monteiro; Carvalho, Fernando Manuel Pereira de Oliveira(Sage Publications, 2025-08-03)
Entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and dynamic managerial capabilities (DMCs) are beneficial to the development of organisational dynamic capabilities (DCs) in SMEs. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of detailed understanding ...
This article posits intrapreneurship as a meso-level study through the lens of industry agglomeration externality and sectoral output growth, which are moderated by the institutional environment. The study uses industry ...
This study investigates how employment type (entrepreneurship vs paid employment) and individual characteristics (demographics and career motivations) jointly influence financial well-being (FWB) in Trinidad and Tobago. ...
This article examines the issue of succession in family-owned businesses in Indonesia, using a qualitative approach to explore the role of socioemotional wealth in the intergenerational transfer of ownership. Socioemotional ...