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...

The paper quantifies the role of factors associated with the growth (or decline) of micro and small businesses in European economies. The growth is related to the levels of employment and value added in enterprises, as well as, ten institutional variables. We test the data for consistency of...