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The Impact of Family Involvement on SMEs’ Performance: Theory and Evidence

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  • Alfredo De massis
  • Josip Kotlar
  • Giovanna Campopiano
  • Lucio Cassia

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By complementing agency theory with behavioral assumptions, we explore the effects of family involvement on small and medium enterprises’ (s) performance. We identify three separate dimensions of family involvement and hypothesize nonlinear, direct, and interaction effects on the performance of an . The evidence on 787 suggests that an inverted ‐shaped relationship exists between family ownership and performance, and ownership dispersion among family members negatively affects performance. Balancing family and nonfamily members in the top management team () is found to be beneficial to s’ performance, but the family ratio in the becomes crucial only at high levels of family ownership.

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  • Alfredo De massis & Josip Kotlar & Giovanna Campopiano & Lucio Cassia, 2015. "The Impact of Family Involvement on SMEs’ Performance: Theory and Evidence," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(4), pages 924-948, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:53:y:2015:i:4:p:924-948
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12093
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    1. Andrea Calabrò & Mariateresa Torchia & Andreas Kallmuenzer & Hedi Yezza & Cheng Feng, 2023. "Transgenerational entrepreneurship in family firms: a configurational approach," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(7), pages 2535-2554, October.

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