چكيده فارسي :
This research aims to identify the correlation between intellectual capital and thecompetitiveness of family businesses in Saudi Arabia. The study conducted a questionnaireas the main instrument along with a comprehensive lecture review in the field of familybusinesses. The study reveals that there is a positive strong ties between intellectual capitaland their competitiveness in the Saudi family businesses. The study also found that there is astatistically significant effect of the independent variable (human capital, capital, relationswith clients) on the dependent variable (the competitive advantage of family businesses) Onthe dependent variable (the competitive advantage of family businesses. The researchconcluded with a several of recommendations, including the restructuring of familybusinesses so that they would be developed to have strong organizational structures alongwith decision making centers in which they are independent from the owners of companies.Finally, the researcher presented a set of proposals for future research, the most important ofwhich is research on the possibility of estimating the intellectual capital of family companiesin a way that contributes to maximizing the value of the enterprise and supporting itscompetitiveness.