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...

1. Introducing theoretical perspectives on family business / Mattias Nordqvist ... [et al.] -- 2. Organisational ecology and the family business / Giuseppe Criaco -- 3. Behavioural theory and the family business / Ambra Mazzelli -- 4. Agency theory and the family business / Andreas Kallmuenzer...