Reports
Indian SME Family Business: Trade Confidence and Internationalisation Report
The report, authored by Prof. Tulsi Jayakumar, Executive Director of the SPJIMR Centre for Family Business & Entrepreneurship (CFBE), presents findings from the CFBE Trade Confidence and Internationalisation Survey, conducted in Q3 FY26 in partnership with Hansa Research. Drawing on responses from 461 Indian SME family businesses across 14 cities, it offers a comprehensive analysis of export outlook and risk perceptions. The report serves as a ‘longitudinal pulse check’, helping policymakers and family businesses navigate the volatile global trading landscape in FY2026.
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Unlocking legacy — The path to superior growth in family businesses
CFBE contributed valuable insights about legacies in Indian family enterprises to the global family business report titled ‘Unlocking legacy — The path to superior growth in family businesses’. The report by STEP Project Global Consortium (SPGC) and KPMG Private Enterprise was launched at the 2024 SPGC Global Family Business Summit.
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India: State of Family Business Report 2023
The 2023 edition of the SPJIMR CFBE report provides a detailed exploration of the core attributes of Indian family businesses, with particular emphasis on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This comprehensive report offers invaluable insights into the intricacies of family businesses in India, shedding light on their challenges, successes, and evolving strategies.
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India: State of Family Business Report 2022
CFBE recently released the ‘India: State of the Family Business Report’ that finds small and medium family businesses are relatively unscathed from the business front. Instead, family issues may prove to be the proverbial Achilles’ heel for such businesses. The study involved a survey of 350 family businesses across India from May to October 2022, conducted by Hansa Research. It found that most small and medium family enterprises have reported either stable or increasing trends across various parameters such as sales, market share, profitability, number of people employed, and profit margin on sales in FY 2021-22.
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