-world examples of family businesses and potential challenges they may face. Chapters encapsulate possible tensions that may manifest … within family businesses, including sibling rivalry, intergenerational conflict, and clashing ideas about work ethic …, policies and behaviors do, and indeed do not, work in family firms. Key Features: Contains learning notes at the end of each …

"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, governance, economics, ethics, business history, as well as family studies. The …

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 …

of the ownership, governance and strategy of Mediobanca: from the kingmaker of Italian capitalism to a large financial …

Julia Brunold -- 9. Alliance governance in entrepreneurial firms: The influence of family control and organizational size …

Family Firm Identity', Journal of Family Business Strategy, 1, 54-63 -- James J. Chrisman, Jess H. Chua, Franz W. Kellermanns … and Erick P.C. Chang (2007), 'Are Family Managers Agents or Stewards? An Exploratory Study in Privately Held Family Firms …-44 -- Trond Randøy, Clay Dibrell and Justin B. Craig (2009), 'Founding Family Leadership and Industry Profitability', Small …