Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how family businesses change as they grow in size, and to compare differences between the USA and France. Design/methodology/approach – The research design is survey research, statistically t ‐testing 12 hypothesized differences between...

Purpose – This paper sets out to investigate small business success factors in Chile. Design/methodology/approach – The research on which this paper is based involves a survey correlational study involving a sample of 145 small business owners in Chile that replicates Lussier's success...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate, in a multi‐country context, the inclusion of family‐member managers and non‐family‐member managers in family businesses, and the relationship of this variable to certain management activities, styles and characteristics....

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to measure and compare differences in levels of family business planning for succession in seven countries: Croatia, Egypt, France, India, Kosovo, Kuwait, and the USA. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology was survey research...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare “micro” enterprise (0-9 employees) to “small” enterprise (10-49 employees) family businesses with regard to 12 important managerial characteristics in eight countries: Argentina, Croatia, Egypt, France, Kosovo, Kuwait, Serbia, and the...

Purpose – This study aims to develop an ordered probit model to explain and predict small business relative performance in Chile, South America. Design/methodology/approach – The design is survey research. The sample includes 403 small businesses classified as 158 failed firms, 101 mediocre...