A Bibliometric Overview of Tourism Family Business

Beatriz Forés, Zélia Breithaupt Janssen and Heitor Takashi Kato
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Beatriz Forés: Business Management Department, Universitat Jaume I, 12071 Castellón, Spain
Zélia Breithaupt Janssen: Business School Department, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil
Heitor Takashi Kato: Business School Department, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba 80215-901, Brazil

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 22, 1-33

Abstract: Family businesses are of particular economic relevance in the international hospitality and tourism industry. However, there are few studies that address their specific characteristics and objectives. The aim of this study is to produce a bibliometric overview that reveals the structure underpinning the analysis of the tourism family business in the business and management research field. The study also reveals the evolution of this research over time, as well as the most relevant related concepts and study gaps. Through a keyword co-occurrence analysis and a systematic review of 129 studies on tourism family businesses published between 1997 and 2020, the main contributions were organized into four thematic clusters, which include specific theoretical approaches. The clusters are Entrepreneurship, Marketing Orientation and Innovation Performance; Capabilities and Competitiveness; Sustainability; and Strategy and Economic Performance. On the basis of these results, this study introduces an integrative framework for tourism family business research, clarifying the rich diversity of research paths that seek to explain tourism business competitiveness, and identifying potential directions for future research aimed at further developing the field.

Keywords: tourism; family business; competitiveness; innovation; sustainability; bibliometric analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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