Management and Organization Review Research Frontiers Conference on ‘SMEs and Family Business in China’
会议聚焦中国中小企业与家族企业，探讨其在快速变化的市场中应对竞争、数字化转型和资源获取等挑战的理论与实证研究。
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), many of which are family businesses, play a significant role in China. Based on recent statistics, about 67% of firms were non-state owned and non state-owned firms contributed to 47% of the R&D in 2017 (Report of the Top 500 Firms in China, 2017). The majority of these firms are SMEs or family businesses. In the past two decades, the government has increasingly recognized these firms as a major engine of economic growth and innovation, and as a vital force for providing employment and environmental sustainability. These firms have also experienced a multitude of challenges, ranging from intense competition, digital transformation, and underprivileged access to resources However, they are not yet in the spotlight of research. We lack both theoretical and empirical understanding of how these firms cope with the opportunities and challenges in China's fast-changing transitional market, especially under the emerging VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) contexts with the advances of digital technologies and market customization.