The temporal development of strategy in small family firms. Empirical evidence from Italy

To address the paucity of research and the consequent difficulty in identifying the characteristics of strategy development in the context of small family firms, this study proposes a longitudinal analysis framework to examine the temporal development of strategy in small family firms. Furthermore, through an in-depth longitudinal case study of a small Italian family firm in the wine sector, we verify whether the proposed framework allows fully understanding the strategy implemented over time and how it emerged dynamically in the absence of any formal business planning