This authoritative research review provides a broad overview of the role that family firms, both those publicly listed … and privately held, play in the global economy. The editors have selected seminal papers which investigate how the family … exist between family control of corporations and other governance mechanisms. Given the relevance of corporate governance …

USA and South Africa draw upon various disciplines to explain how regional actors perform regional learning …

"The Field Guide to Family Business Research is a concise and accessible guidebook that addresses the unique challenges … associated with conducting high-quality family business research. Intended for both new and more experienced scholars, experts … of the unique aspects of conducting research in the family business domain. With a wealth of expertise and practical …

pt. I: Comparative analysis -- pt. II: Large national markets and large family groups (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina) -- pt …Family businesses are everywhere, but there is little information regarding their growth and development. This book is … one of the few to analyses the identity and evolution of the largest family businesses in Latin America and Spain. With …

Andrés Hatum explores determinants of organizational flexibility in this examination of four family-owned companies … determinants of flexibility and sheds light on the process of transformation and adaptation of family firms, an area that has not …

Contents: Introducing a research agenda for family business / by Andrea Calabrò -- 1 family trends shaping the family … business landscape / Joyce Kox and Astrid Kramer -- 2 developing a "sociological imagination" of families in family business … research / Eric R. Kushins and Elaina Behounek -- 3 history as a source and method for family business research / Christina …

Introducing a new concept in family businesses Transgenerational Entrepreneurship addresses how these businesses … research collaboration between family business researchers and practitioners … entrepreneurship in the context of family owned businesses / Markus Plate, Christian Schiede and Arist von Schlippe -- 5 …

The Handbook of Research on Family Business provides a comprehensive first port of call for those wishing to survey … progress in the theory and practice of family business research. In response to the extensive growth of family business as a …Introduction : the business of researching family enterprises / Panikkos Zata Poutziouris, Kosmas X. Smyrnios and …

sectors. They analyse thirteen international cases of women in family business to discover how women attained leadership or … of family business, the book avoids essentialist assumptions about women as leaders. It illuminates classic issues of … entrepreneurship in a family business context, particularly the dual imperatives of innovation and business continuity. Women in Family …

This insightful collection conveniently presents the most influential and frequently cited family business research … essential reference tool for seasoned researchers, new students and those who work with family businesses …-PEC Scale of Family Influence: Construction, Validation, and Further Implication for Theory', Entrepreneurship - Theory and …