The couple business as a unique form of business: a review of the empirical evidence

Aliaa El Shoubaki (), Joern Block and Frank Lasch ()
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Aliaa El Shoubaki: Prague University of Economics and Business
Frank Lasch: Montpellier Business School

Management Review Quarterly, 2022, vol. 72, issue 1, No 5, 115-147

Abstract: Abstract Businesses run by romantic couples—couple businesses—are an important social and economic phenomenon. These businesses are widespread and represent a distinct form of business; they can be large corporations or home-based businesses, they can make large or small revenues, and the couples running them can have high or low levels of education. Scholars from different disciplines have addressed couple businesses, which makes the literature base fragmented. In this review of 71 articles on couple businesses, we synthesize the research around three guiding questions: what is a couple business (descriptions), where does it come from (antecedents), and where does it lead (outcomes)? Providing a cohesive picture of empirical research on couple businesses adds clarity and richness to the research field and increases our understanding of the phenomenon. Avenues for further research are discussed in five thematic areas: conceptualizations of couple businesses, work-home boundaries, gendered power differentials, and antecedents and outcomes of couple businesses.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Couples; Life partners; Systematic review; Couple business; Family business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 M10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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