本文以自建数据库为基础,探讨了1989-2009年西方家族企业研究的学者分布及其联动关系。研究发现,家族企业研究在过去二十年不管在广度还是深度都有很大的拓展,学者们的合作关系总体上在加强。同时,本文识别出两个引证关系密集的学者网络,研究表明两子网之间只存在单向联动关系。 Based on the self-built database, this paper explores the distribution of scholarly scholars and the interaction between them in Western family business from 1989 to 2009. The study found that the research on family businesses has greatly expanded both in breadth and depth in the past two decades, and the cooperative relations between scholars generally have been strengthened. At the same time, this paper identifies two closely related scholar networks, and studies show that there is only one-way linkage between the two subnets.