Growth intentions in family-based new venture teams

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how family ties in new venture teams (NVTs) influence the intended future growth of a nascent entrepreneur’s business. The authors posit that R&D-oriented entrepreneurs in NVTs with family ties have higher growth intentions relative to those who are less oriented toward R&D. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses were tested using data from the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial...