RT Journal Article
T1 Economic, Non-Economic and Critical Factors for the Sustainability of Family Firms.
A1 Herrera-Ballesteros, Juan
A1 De-las-Heras-Rosas, Carlos Javier
K1 Empresas familiares
K1 Creatividad en la empresa
K1 Pequeñas y medianas empresas - Innovaciones tecnológicas
AB Family firms make a significant contribution to wealth creation. Despite the proliferation oflarge corporations, the model remains in place. The peculiarities of the company-family relationshipmean that these organizations are managed in a particular way and di erently from those with anon-family composition. In recent decades, the literature on family firms has been considerable,but research related to the sustainability of this type of business is in the development phase andshows little maturity. This paper analyses the content of publications that set the trend in research onthe sustainability of family firms. Bibliometric techniques are used to obtain the sample (135 docs.) ofjournals indexed in Web of Science (WoS) between the dates 2003 and 2019. The results suggest thatthe interest in sustainability in family firms is still relatively recent, barely a decade old. The mostcentral theme has been Socioemotional-Wealth. The analysis of content points mainly to the processof intergenerational succession as a critical factor. As non-economic aspects, those that promotesustainability through the e ects of emotional wealth, Corporate Social Responsibility, and HumanResources practices stand out. Finally, the economic aspects that would a ect sustainability arerelated to performance and have to do with the change of organizational culture adapted to businessorientation, intergenerational knowledge transfer, investment in innovation, or internationalizationstrategies. This work sheds light on what aspects are being researched in relation to sustainabilityin family firms and can serve as guidance for future work in this field of research, as well as formanagers in the decision-making process
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-10-19
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32131
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32131
LA eng
NO Herrera, J., & de las Heras-Rosas, C. (2020). Economic, non-economic and critical factors for the sustainability of family firms. Journal of Open Innovation, 6(4), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc6040119
NO Universidad de Málaga
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026