EMPREENDEDORISMO EM EMPRESAS FAMILIARES: A PESQUISA ATUAL E OS DESAFIOS FUTUROS

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on entrepreneurship in family businesses. Despite the fact that other literature reviews show the existence of papers that explore entrepreneurship in the context of family-owned businesses, there are no systematic reviews about the idiosyncrasies of the relation between these fields. The authors reviewed the scientific production published in journals relevant to the family businesses field. Seventy-three articles published about entrepreneurship in family businesses were categorized through the scope literature review technique, according to variables such as journal of publication, research topic addressed, and methodological procedures adopted. The integrated reading of articles categorized in this review allowed them to identify the exploration of different research topics and methodological approaches in the attempts to comprehend entrepreneurial phenomena in family businesses. The paper concludes that the potential of this approach will be achieved by the construction of a theoretical framework able to contribute to the understanding of intrinsic aspects of family-owned businesses.