"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 provide essential guidelines and insightful best...

pt. I: Comparative analysis -- pt. II: Large national markets and large family groups (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina) -- pt. III: Business families and politics in small and medium sized markets (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras) -- pt. IV: Business families between dictatorship And democracy (Spain,...

1. Introduction -- 2. Adaptation, innovation and the flexible organization -- 3. Argentinian business environment -- 4. Adaptive responses under competitive pressures -- 5. Case study : Sidus Group -- 6. Case study : Laboratorio DERSA -- 7. Case study : AGD Aceitera General Deheza -- 8. Case...

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...

"This comprehensive Research Handbook offers new insights into how family businesses use entrepreneurship and innovation to address global challenges and ensure their survival and growth across generations. Using expertise from leading scholars around the world, this Handbook takes an...

"In this illuminating casebook, Roland Kidwell brings together eminent scholars and researchers, showcasing real-world examples of family businesses and potential challenges they may face. Chapters encapsulate possible tensions that may manifest within family businesses, including sibling...

"The intertwining of family relationships with business imperatives provides a fascinating but complex arena for study. This Encyclopedia is a valuable resource because family business studies are necessarily multi-disciplinary and wide-ranging, drawing on entrepreneurship, management,...

Mary Barrett and Ken Moores breathe new life into research on one of the largest and yet frequently overlooked business sectors. They analyse thirteen international cases of women in family business to discover how women attained leadership or, sometimes, failed to do so. By examining in detail...