Producción Científica

Through a bibliometric analysis, this research maps the scientific production on Success in Public Projects in journals made available on the Web of Science database, covering all publications made available until the end of May 2019. The sample comprised 248 articles published in 154 international journals. The results show that attention to the topic has grown considerably since 2013. However, Brazilian relevance is very low, when compared to countries such as the United States, China, England and Australia, which together represent almost 50% of the sample, while Brazil represents less than 1%, which brings an alert of the need for research on the topic. The papers were analyzed and the Critical Success Factors were classified according to Shenhar, Dvir & Levy (2001), being the factors: Preparation for the Future (39%) and Business Success (27%) the ones that appeared more frequently. For the literature, this research contributes to a framework on the theme. For project managers, this research contributes to a list of the critical factors most mentioned in the literature, which can help them to increase the success rates in their public projects.

Several authors have highlighted the importance of family firms in the worldwide generation of wealth, wellbeing, and employment. Recently, the importance of family firms has resulted in the proliferation of many academic works in prestigious journals. Hence, studying their development and evolution is deemed necessary. This study conducts a bibliometric analysis of the literature on family firms to show the research trends and guide researchers in their work; it is conducted using a detailed and systematic study of the scientific production of papers on family firms published in the Web of Science (WoS) between 1975 and May 2020. Its contributions are as follows. First, it consolidates family firms as an area of research, which reflects on several papers focusing on this topic (1990 papers published in the WoS database, 55982 total citations). Second, it finds that family firm research has mainly developed in the last few years. Third, it discovers that Kellermanns and Chrisman are the most relevant authors in this field. Fourth, it suggests that the most influential journal is Family Business Review. Fifth, it finds that that the Mississippi State University is the most renowned family firm research institution. Sixth, it discovers that the United States has the highest production in the field. Finally, the bibliometric map identifies four clusters, the most relevant being the family firm theory and its evolution.