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    Economic and Financial Snapshot of small spanish family firms
    (2019) Terrón Ibáñez, Sara; Gómez-Miranda, María Elena; Miras Rodríguez, María del Mar; Rodríguez Ariza, Lázaro
    The aim of this study is to determine whether there are statistically significant differences between smallSpanish companies according to their family or non-family nature, in terms of their main economic andfinancial indicators. The study data analysed correspond to the years 2003, 2007 and 2013, which enabledus to examine whether the characteristics observed and any differences between these companies persistedduring a period featuring three different economic scenarios. The study sample was composed of 21,192small family firms and 4,449 small non-family firms.The results obtained show that, regardless of the national economic situation, there were statistically sig-nificant differences between the two types of companies for certain economic and financial indicators. Weconclude that the family nature of a company has a negative impact on productivity, the number of employ-ees and levels of investment and turnover. Moreover, family firms face higher costs of external financingthan do non-family businesses.