Contents: PART I -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Pioneering business families committed to sustainable development / Pramodita Sharma and Sanjay Sharma -- PART II DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABILITY -- 2 Sustainability comes naturally: Rocky Mountain Soap Company, a purpose-driven family business / Pramodita...

Edited by the leading figures in the field, with contributions and editorial board support from the most prominent names in family business, this handbook reflects on the development and present status of the field in terms of applied theories, methods, chosen research issues and theoretical...

Sustainable businesses create economic and social value while simultaneously protecting the natural environment for future generations. This examination of environmental sustainability through the lens of the family business identifies factors that help family and non-family organizations...

Family firm philanthropy (FFP) is the donation of resources to support societal betterment in ways meaningful for the controlling family. Family business literature suggests that socioemotional goals of achieving family prominence, harmony, and continuity drive FFP. However, these drivers fail...

This illustrative book considers the interface of business structures, contexts, and leadership building blocks to explore the contingent nature of leadership development in transgenerational entrepreneurship. Longitudinal case studies of 27 family firms in nine different countries provide a...