The impact of small- and medium-sized family firms on economic growth

Memili, Esra and Fang, Hanqing and Chrisman, James J. and De Massis, Alfredo (2015) The impact of small- and medium-sized family firms on economic growth. Small Business Economics, 45 (4). pp. 771-785. ISSN 0921-898X

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Abstract

Drawing on family business studies and the knowledge-based view of economic growth, we develop and test a model of how the prevalence of small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) under family control affect economic growth. Specifically, we propose there is an inverted U-shaped relationship between family SMEs’ proportional representation and economic growth owing to their relative strengths and limitations vis-à-vis non-family SMEs. Using state-level data from the U.S. between 2004 and 2010, we find support for our hypothesis and the underlying contention that economic growth is maximized when an economy includes a balanced mix of family and non-family SMEs.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Small Business Economics
Additional Information:
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11187-015-9670-0
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? family businesseconomic growthfamily firmssmesknowledge asymmetrygeneral business,management and accountingeconomics and econometricsbusiness, management and accounting(all) ??
ID Code:
74519
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Deposited On:
13 Jul 2015 14:32
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Yes
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Published
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19 Jul 2024 00:22