INSTITUTIONALIZATION LEVEL OF FAMILY BUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS in TOURISM SECTOR

Instituonalization is regarded as a solution to uncertainly in growth environments of family enterprises and SMEs in Turkey. Thus, the primary purpose of this research is to discover to what extant family enterprise are instituonalized. Family enterprise constitute 95 percent of whole business in Turkey. Since it is assumed that these enterprises can posses more stronger structure through Instituonalization, it is aimed to determine the differences between instituonalized and non-instituonalized enterprises by measuring their reactions to conditions of uncertainly and crises, and by discovering their level of instituonalization. The research is conducted on small tourism enterprises in Bartın through both qualitative and quantative research methods. 39 enterprises attended the research. The level of instituonalization differs according to the sector of operation, to the belt of enterprise and to whether of is a family business or not.