Elgar encyclopedia of family business / edited by Carole Howorth (Emeritus Professor, School of Business and Society, University of York, UK) and Allan Discua Cruz (Senior Lecturer and Director, Centre for Family Business, Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Lancaster University Management School, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Howorth, Carole, editor.

Discua Cruz, Allan, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Elgar encyclopedias in business and management series

Elgar encyclopedias in business and management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family-owned business enterprises--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Family-owned business enterprises.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024.

Summary:

"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 Encyclopedia includes contributions from over 60 international experts who provide thoughtful and concise explanations of topics that are vital to understanding family businesses. Together, they explain 115 of the most significant family business topics, including key theories, issues and practices, encompassing a multitude of perspectives on the positive and negative impacts that family ownership and management might have on businesses and society. Comprehensive cross-referencing facilitates a broader understanding of intertwining, overlaps and boundaries between topics. Key Features: Expert contributions from over 60 international family business specialists. New insights into the complex, multi-disciplinary and wide-ranging world of family business. Insights from entrepreneurship, management, governance, economics, ethics, business history and family studies. The Encyclopedia will be invaluable for anyone seeking clear explanations of family business topics, whether to put into practice, extend understanding or explore issues anew"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Understanding family business evidence, assumptions and questions: Introduction to the elgar encyclopedia of family business

Advisory boards / Tuuli Ikäheimonen

Agency theory / Paul Westhead and Carole Howorth

Altruism / John James Cater III

Branding / Nathalie Spielmann

Business families / Marleen Dieleman

Business history / Andrea Colli

Careers / Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Albert E. James

Communication / Isabel C. Botero and Tomasz A. Fediuk

Communities of practice / Eleanor Hamilton

Community engagement / Kiran Trehan

Conflict / Cristina Alvarado and Martin Euwema

Conglomerates / Michael Carney

Consultants and advisors / Kavil Ramanachandran and Navneet Bhatnagar

Contingency theory / Miruna Radu-Lefebvre

Continuity and discontinuity in family business / Andrea Kuiken

Cooperatives / Elias Hadjielias

Co-preneurs / Denise Fletcher

Corporate entrepreneurship / Mara Brumana and Tommaso Minola

Corporate governance / Timothy J. Nichol

Corporate responsibility / Lucrezia Songini

Cultural variation of family businesses: Africa / Henrietta Onwuegbuzie and Chiziterem E. Iwumune

Cultural variation of family businesses: Asia / Bingbing Ge and Feranita Feranita

Cultural variation of family business: Australasia / Justin Craig

Cultural variation of family businesses: Central and South America / Claudio G. Müller

Cultural variation of family businesses: Europe / José C. Casillas-Bueno and Augusto Sequeiros Pumar

Cultural variation of family businesses: North America / John Rogers and Clay Dibrell

Death / Jarna Heinonen

Definition and functions of business-owning families / Sharon M. Danes and Ramona Kay Zachary

Definitions of family business / Vanessa Diaz-Moriana and Teresa Hogan

Diaspora and migrant business families / Maria Elo

Divorce / Kajsa Haag and Hanna Almlöf

Education of family members / Elizabeth Bagger

Embeddedness / Rodrigo Basco Emotions / Ethel Brundin and Markus Plate

Ethics / Pedro Vázquez

Ethnic family business / Vipin Gupta

Exit / Naveed Akhter

Family business groups / Michael Carney

Fbn-i: Family business network international / Jesus Casado and Carole Howorth

Family entrepreneurial teams / Allan Discua Cruz

Family entrepreneurship / Kathleen Randerson

The family firm institute, ffi / Judy Green

Family governance / Claudia Binz Astrachan Family Office / Chris Graves

F-pec: Family

power, experience, and culture scale / Daniel T. Holt and Sadek Showkat

Family science / Deanna L. Williamson

Familiness / M. Katiuska Cabrera-Suárez

Farming families / Fabio Matuoka Mizumoto

Financing the family business / Anneleen Michiels, Emmadonata Carbone, Lien Vekemans, and Alessandro Cirillo

Gender / Daniela Gimenez-Jimenez and Giovanna Campopiano

Genograms / Marita Rautiainen Goals / Rodrigo Basco

Growing the family firm / Saisai Wu, Jia Bao and Jess Chua

Habitual, portfolio and serial entrepreneurship / Allan Discua Cruz

Heritage / Fabien Pecot

Heterogeneity / Elizabeth Tetzlaff, Dianna Dempsey and Albert E. James

History of family firm research / Joseph H. Astrachan

Home-based businesses / Colin M. Mason

Human resources / Nava Michael-Tsabari

Ifera, the international family enterprise research academy / Valentina Re, Isabel Botero, Josip Kotlar and Torsten Pieper

Imprinting / Eric Clinton and Catherine M. Faherty

Informal institutions / Rodrigo Basco

Inheritance law / Marcelo Ortiz M. Innovation / Alfredo De Massis and Emanuela Rondi

Internationalization / Andrea Calabrò

Knowledge management / M. Katiuska Cabrera-Suárez

Leadership / Preman Chandranathan, Claire M. Leitch and Dermot O'Reilly

Legacy / Daniel T. Holt and Juliana M. Binhote

Long-term orientation / G.T. Lumpkin, Keith Brigham and Eduardo Meléndez

Management buyouts of family firms / Carole Howorth

Managers in family businesses / Keanon Jay Alderson

Marketing / Nathalie Spielmann

Mergers and acquisitions / Florian Bauer and Olimpia Meglio

Myths / Vanessa Diaz-Moriana and Teresa Hogan

Narratives / G. Tyge Payne and Jeremy C. Short

Nepotism / Cristina Cruz

Networks / Sarah L. Jack and Paraskevi Dimakou

Next generation / Marcela Ramírez-Pasillas and Hans Lundberg

Non-family employees / Elizabeth Tetzlaff and Albert E. James

Ownership / Lorraine M. Uhlaner

Paradoxes / Amaia Maseda

Patriarchy / Patricio Duran

Performance / Jan-Philipp Ahrens

Philanthropy / Neus Feliu Costa and Rania Labaki

Primogeniture / Daniel Pittino

Private equity / Louise Scholes

Professional associations / Maria Jose Parada, Alberto Jimeno and Lina Eze

Professionalisation / Navneet Bhatnagar and Kavil Ramachandran

Pruning the family tree / Carole Howorth

Psychological ownership / Fabian Bernhard

Psychological safety / Elias Hadjielias

Psychology of the business family / Arist von Schlippe

Religion / Amanda Lawson and Brett Smith

Reputation / Isabel C. Botero, Sonia M. Strano and Tomasz A. Fediuk

Resilience / Mathew (Mat) Hughes

Retirement / Mariana Estrada-Robles and Alex Kevill

Selling the family business / Carole Howorth

Social capital / Paul Sanchez-Ruiz, Brianna Elizondo and Joshua J. Daspit

Socialisation / Mary Barrett

Socioemotional wealth / Daniel T. Holt and Kirsten Brøndsted Bullock

Step, society of trust and estate practitioners / Carole Howorth

Step project global consortium / Andrea Calabrò

Stewardship theory / James H. Davis

Strategic renewal / Timo Pihkala

Succession / Alexandra Dawson

Succession planning / Alexandra Dawson

Sustainability / Pramodita Sharma and Sanjay Sharma

Systems theory / Theresa Arnold, Heiko Kleve and Torsten M. Pieper

Theories in family firm research / James J. Chrisman, Hanqing "Chevy" Fang and Lloyd P. Steier

Three circle model / Judith van Helvert-Beugels and Jelle Westrik

Transgenerational entrepreneurship / Matt Allen

Trusts / Carole Howorth

Values / Maria Jose Parada

Widowhood / Jarna Heinonen

Women / Giovanna Campopiano.

ISBN:

9781800888722 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.