During the previous decade, the multi-disciplinary field of family business has advanced significantly in terms of advances in theory, development of sophisticated empirical instruments, systematic measurement of family business activity, use of alternative research methodologies, and deployment of robust tools of analysis. This second edition of the Handbook of Research on Family Business presents important research and conceptual developments across a broad range of topics. The contributors - notable researchers in the field - explore the frontiers of knowledge in family business entrepreneurship, stimulate critical thinking, enriching repository of theoretical frameworks and methodologies. The Handbook takes a systematic and rigorous approach by providing in-depth insights into the dynamics of family business, its context, and the significant role of stakeholders. Ultimately, this scholarly compendium of extant family business papers is an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, family business consultants, family business owner-managers and students.
Introduction Kosmas X. Smyrnios, Panikkos Z. Poutziorios and Sanjay Goel PART I: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN FAMILY BUSINESS RESEARCH 1. Family Business Research in the New Millenium: An Assessment of Individual and Institutional Productivity, 2001 - 2009 Curtis F. Matherne III, Bart J. Debicki, Franz W. Kellermanns and James J. Chrisman 2. Filling the Institutional Void: The Social Behavior and Performance of Family Versus Non-Family Technology Firms in Emerging Markets Danny Miller, Jangwoo Lee, Sooduck Chang and Isabelle Le Breton-Miller PART II: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 3. The Effects of Family Involvement and Corporate Governance Practices on Earnings Quality of Listed Companies Riccardo Tiscini and Francesca di Donato 4. Analysis of Social Performance and Board of Directors In Family Firms: Evidence From Quoted Italian Companies Patricia Bachiller, Maria-Cleofe Giorgino and Sergio Paternostro 5. Board of Directors and Generational Effect in Spanish Non Listed Family Firms Blanca Arosa, Txomin Iturralde and Amaia Maseda PART III: FAMILY GOVERNANCE 6. Family Governance Bodies: A Conceptual Typology Alexander Koeberle-Schmid and Donella Caspersz 7. Using Configuration Approach to Understand the Reasons for and Consequences of Varied Family Involvement in Business Pramodita Sharma and Mattias Nordqvist 8. Other Large Shareholders in Family Firms: Do they Monitor? Maria Sacristan-Navarro, Silvia Gomez-Anson and Laura Cabeza-Garcia 9. The Evolution of the Family Business Board - A Case Study Tuuli Ikaheimonen, Timo Pihkala and Markku Ikavalko PART IV: SOCIAL CAPITAL 10. The Singularities of Social Capital in Family Business: An Overview Atilano Pena-Lopez, Jose Manuel Sanchez-Santos and Jose A. Novo-Peteiro 11. Strategy in Family Business: The Analysis of Human Capital and Social Capital Fabio Mizumoto and Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes 12. Towards a Comprehensive Model of Sustainable Family Firm Performance Sihem Ben-Mahmoud-Jouini, Alain Bloch and Sophie Mignon 13. Network Capital and the Rise of Chinese Bank in Hong Kong: A Case Study on the Bank of East Asia Limited Victor Zheng PART V: WOMEN IN FAMILY BUSINESS 14. The Determinants of Women's Involvement in Top Management Teams: Opportunities or Obstacles from Family-Controlled Firms? Daniela Montemerlo, Alessandro Minichilli, and Guido Corbetta 15. Women and Glass Ceiling: The Role of Professionalization in Family Smes Luca Gnan and Lucrezia Songini 16. Women in Family Business: Three Generations of Research Vipin Gupta and Nancy M. Levenburg PART VI : LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN FAMILY FIRMS 17. Exploring Human Resources Management in Family Firms: A Summary of What We Know and Ideas for Future Development Isabel C. Botero and Shanan R. Litchfield 18. The Adoption of High Performance Work Systems in Family vs. non Family SMEs. The Moderating Effect of Organizational Size Daniel Pittino and Francesca Visintin 19. Measuring and Comparing Leadership Styles of Male and Female Chief Executive Officers in Businesses with a Varying Family Intensity Diane Arijs PART VII: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 20. Entrepreneurial Learning in the Family Management Group: A Social Organisational Learning Perspective Elias Hadjielias, Eleanor Hamilton and Carole Howorth 21. Strategy Formulation in Family Businesses: A Review and Research Agenda Corinna M. Lindow 22. The Impact of Knowledge Sharing on the Growth of Family Businesses in China: The Role of Chinese Culture Emma Su PART VIII: FAMILY BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY 23. Extensions of the Sustainable Family Business Theory: Operationalization and Application Ramona Kay Zachary, Sharon M. Danes and Kathryn Stafford 24. Secrets of Family Business Longevity in Japan from the Social Capital Perspective Toshio Goto 25. The Push-Pull of Indigenous Sami Family Reindeer Herding Enterprises: A Metaphor for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Leo Paul Dana and Kosmas X. Smyrnios PART IX: FAMILY ENTER