Family Influence on Performance of Family Small and Medium Enterprises

Ana Paula Matias Gama, Ph.D., (in Finance - ISCTE/IUL Business School –Lisbon) is assistant professor with accreditation at University of Beira Interior (Portugal) where she teaches courses on management, accounting and finance. Her research interests are in corporate finance and entrepreneurial finance. She publishes articles in various journals such as Research in Journal of Business Finance and Accounting (JBFA), Small Business Economics (SBE), Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM), Emerging Markets Review (EMR), Research in Business Finance and Accounting (RIBA) and Review of Accounting and Finance (RAF). Her research is supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science (FCT), project n.º  PTDC/EGE-OGE/31246/2017 and UIDB/04630/2020.Catarina Afonso Alves, Ph.D. (in Management – University of Beira Interior, Covilhã – Portugal) is assistant professor at Polytechnic Institute of Guarda (Portugal) in School of Technology and Management. She teaches in the 1st and 2nd cycle courses in the areas of accounting, business management and entrepreneurship. Her research interests are in family business and entrepreneurship. She is a professor / researcher at the Research Unit for Inland Development of Polytechnic Institute of Guarda.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical background: Family Firms.- 3. Family Influence and Organizational Performance.- 4. Research Hypotheses.- 5. Research Design.- 6. Methods.- 7. Analysis and Discussion of Results.- 8. Conclusions, Contributions and Recommendations to Practitioners.