Purpose – To examine differences between family and non-family SMEs in business goals, management practices and performance as they grow. Design/methodology/approach – The study was based on 233 small non-family and 362 small family firms. Medium firms comprised 305 family and 341 non-family...

Purpose -The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of firm size on performance (measured as profits, growth, efficiency and liquidity) differences between family and non-family small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach – The samples of 441 family and 473...

Australian small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are currently facing the challenges and opportunities of the global trend towards digital, online and mobile technologies. However, many SMEs are not prepared to engage with these digital technologies, while others seem unwilling to embrace them....