Porfírio, JoséFelício, José AugustoCarrilho, Tiago2020-01-162020-01-162019http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/9041O artigo está em fase de pré-publicação.This study explores family business succession.Int his study,succession is compared to the concept of opportunity versus necessityentrepreneurship.The motivations of successors when they enter the succession process are examined to identify different conditions for family business success and sustainability. The influence of context is also considered.This study is based o nmultilevel research and a multidisciplinary perspective.Fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is applied to a sample of 383 observations from 6 countries (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus, North Macedonia, and Bulgaria) spanning 2 regions: southern EuropeanengFamily businessSuccessionSuccessors' motivationOpportunity successionNecessity successionEntrepreneurshipjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.11.054