The SAGE Handbook of Family Business

Editor/Author Sharma, Pramodita, Nordqvist, Mattias and Melin, Leif
Publication Year: 2013
Publisher: Sage UK

Single-User Purchase Price: $176.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $264.00
ISBN: 978-0-85702-363-6
Category: Business, Finance & Economics - Business
Image Count: 15
Book Status: Available
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For the first time, this Handbook captures the conceptual map and state-of-the-art thinking on family business - an area which has seen rapid global growth in both research and education in the last two decades.

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Table of Contents

  • Editorial Board Members
  • Notes on Editors and Contributors
  • 1 Introduction: Scope, Evolution and Future of Family Business Studies - Pramodita Sharma, Leif Melin and Mattias Nordqvist
  • PART I THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES IN FAMILY BUSINESS STUDIES
  • 2 Theories from Family Science: A Review and Roadmap for Family Business Research - Jennifer E. Jennings, Rhonda S. Breitkreuz and Albert E. James
  • 3 Theories from Family Psychology and Family Therapy - Arist von Schlippe and Klaus A. Schneewind
  • 4 The Anthropology of Family Business: An Imagined Ideal - Alex Stewart
  • 5 Sociological Theories Applied to Family Businesses - Martha Martinez and Howard Aldrich
  • 6 Economic Theories of Family Firms - Prashant P. Shukla, Michael Carney and Eric Gedajlovic
  • 7 Evolutionary Theory: A New Synthesis for Family Business Thought and Research - Nigel Nicholson
  • 8 Family Business Inquiry as a Critical Social Science - Denise Fletcher
  • PART II MAJOR ISSUES IN FAMILY BUSINESS STUDIES
  • 9 Financial Performance of Family Firms - Raphael Amit and Belén Villalonga
  • 10 Family-controlled Firms and Stakeholder Management: A Socioemotional Wealth Preservation Perspective - Pascual Berrone, Cristina Cruz and Luis R. Gomez-Mejia
  • 11 Governing the Family Enterprise: Practices, Performance and Research - Kelin E. Gersick and Neus Feliu
  • 12 Governance in Family Firms: A Review and Research Agenda - Sanjay Goel, Iiro Jussila and Tuuli Ikäheimonen
  • 13 Management Succession in Family Business - Rebecca G. Long and James J. Chrisman
  • 14 Business History and Family Firms - Andrea Colli and Paloma Fernández Pérez
  • PART III ENTREPRENEURIAL AND MANAGERIAL ASPECTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS STUDIES
  • 15 Strategic Content and Process in Family Business - Carlo Salvato and Guido Corbetta
  • 16 Resource-based View of Family Firms - Sabine B. Rau
  • 17 Corporate Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses: Past Contributions and Future Opportunities - Alexander McKelvie, Aaron F. McKenny, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. Short
  • 18 Habitual and Portfolio Entrepreneurship and the Family in Business - Peter Rosa, Carole Howorth and Allan Discua Cruz
  • 19 Accountability and Stewardship of Family Business Entities - Keith Duncan and Ken Moores
  • 20 Internationalization of Family Firms - Zulima Fernández and Maria Jesús Nieto
  • 21 Marketing from a Family Business Perspective - Anna Blombäck and Justin Craig
  • 22 Family Firms and Social Innovation: Cultivating Organizational Embeddedness - Shaker A. Zahra, Rania Labaki, Sondos G. Abdel Gawad and Salvatore Sciascia
  • PART IV BEHAVIORAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL ASPECTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS STUDIES
  • 23 Values in Family Business - Ritch L. Sorenson
  • 24 Organizational Identity and Family Business - David Whetten, Peter Foreman and W. Gibb Dyer
  • 25 Trust and Family Businesses - Lloyd Steier and Miriam Muethel
  • 26 Conflicts in Family Firms: The Good and the Bad - D'Lisa McKee, Timothy M. Madden, Franz W. Kellermanns and Kimberly A. Eddleston
  • 27 Emotions in Family Firms - Ethel Brundin and Charmine E.J. Härtel
  • PART V METHODS IN USE IN FAMILY BUSINESS STUDIES
  • 28 Scales in Family Business Studies - Allison W. Pearson, Daniel T. Holt and Jon C. Carr
  • 29 Qualitative Methods in Family Business Research - Trish Reay and Zhen Zhang
  • 30 Multilevel Analysis in Family Business Studies - Aaron F. McKenny, G. Tyge Payne, Miles A. Zachary and Jeremy C. Short
  • PART VI THE FUTURE OF THE FIELD OF FAMILY BUSINESS STUDIES
  • 31 The Future of Family Business Research Through the Family Scientist's Lens - Sharon M. Danes
  • 32 Entrepreneurial Venturing for Family Business Research - Frank Hoy
  • 33 A Look into the Future: What is the Next Generation of Family Business Scholars Focusing on? - Alexandra Dawson
  • 34 Developing the Field of Family Business Research: Legitimization, Theory and Distinctiveness - David G. Sirmon
  • 35 Toward a Paradox Perspective of Family Firms: The Moderating Role of Collective Mindfulness in Controlling Families - Thomas Zellweger