Journal of Family Business Management: Volume 9 Issue 1

Editorial for new insights into SMEs: finance and family SMEs in a changing economic landscape

Mauricio Silva, Stefano Monferrà, Antonio Meles

Family firms’ innovation drivers and performance: a dynamic capabilities approach

Hong Y. Park, Kaustav Misra, Surender Reddy, Kylie Jaber

Entrepreneurial innovation has been the most important source for improvement in firm performance. Innovation in family firms has become the focal issue in firm strategy. In…

Financing decisions of migrant family businesses: the case of a Ghanaian-owned shop in Kent

Bernard Boateng, Mauricio Silva, Claire Seaman

The purpose of this paper is to examine how a Ghanaian migrant family business in Kent makes financial decisions and measures business growth within the framework of Social…

Corporate social responsibility practices developed by Mexican family and non-family businesses

José Luis Esparza Aguilar

The purpose of this paper is to identify the CSR practices developed by Mexican family and non-family MSMEs. The study also aims to compare the CSR practices carried out by family…

The relationship between corporate governance and financial performance: Evidence from Jordanian family and nonfamily firms

Zaid Saidat, Mauricio Silva, Claire Seaman

The purpose of this paper is to attempt to fill a research gap in the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and financial performance of family and non-family…

The role of boards of directors of family-owned microfinance institutions: Lessons from the boardroom

Neema Mori, Goodluck Charles

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the composition and role of a board of directors in a family-owned microfinance institution (FO-MFI) in Tanzania.

Predicting the growth of high-growth SMEs: evidence from family business firms

Amith Vikram Megaravalli, Gabriele Sampagnaro

The purpose of this paper is to arrive at high-growth firm (HGF) and predict the growth of rapid-growth firms using the set of balance-sheet ratios.

Does the private equity financing improve performance in family SMEs?

Dario Salerno

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relation between family involvement in ownership and the performance of private equity (PE)-backed SMEs.