Family businesses play an important role in Italy and comprise not just small firms, but large ones as well. The entrepreneurial family is defined as a group of descendants from a family founder who own shares in a company within the manufacturing, commercial, or service industry. A taxonomy of...

Past studies on public equity capital options concentrated on the financial or the institutional side of the process. The finance literature considered going public mainly as a way to access new sources of funds and to decrease the cost of capital. Within the family business field, most scholars...

Chapter 1. Introduction,- Chapter 2. Starting an Owner’s Mindset Early: Young Child (Ages 0-12) -- Chapter 3. Forming Leader Identity and Building Business Relationships: Adolescent (Ages 10-20) -- Chapter 4. Family Enterprise Participation without Expectation: Emerging Adult (Ages 18-28) --...