The SAGE Handbook of Family Business

The SAGE Handbook of Family Business captures the conceptual map and state-of-the-art thinking on family business - an area experiencing rapid global growth in research and education since the last three decades. Edited by the leading figures in family business studies, with contributions and editorial board support from the most prominent scholars in the field, this Handbook reflects on the development and current status of family enterprise research in terms of applied theories, methods, topics investigated, and perspectives on the field's future.

The SAGE Handbook of Family Business is divided into following six sections, allowing for ease of navigation while gaining a multi-dimensional perspective and understanding of the field.

Part I: Theoretical perspectives in family business studies

Part II: Major issues in family business studies

Part III: Entrepreneurial and managerial aspects in family business studies

Part IV: Behavioral and organizational aspects in family business studies

Part V: Methods in use in family business studies

Part VI: The future of the field of family business studies

By including critical reflections and presenting possible alternative perspectives and theories, this Handbook contributes to the framing of future research on family enterprises around the world. It is an invaluable resource for current and future scholars interested in understanding the unique dynamics of family enterprises under the rubric of entrepreneurship, strategic management, organization theory, accounting, marketing or other related areas.

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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 business - Martha Martinez and Howard Aldrich
   6. Economic theories of family firms - Prashant 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 Belen 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 business: Past contribution and future opportunities - Alexander McKelvie, Aaron McKenny, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. Short
   18. Habitual and portfolio entrepreneurship in the family context: longitudinal perspectives - Peter Rosa, Carole Howorth and Allan Discua Cruz
   19. Stewardship and accountability: Accounting and the family business - 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 businesses - Ritch L. Sorenson
   24. Organizational identity and family business - David Whetten, Peter Foreman and Gibb W. 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 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. Practice what we preach? Developing the next generation of family business scholars - 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 of controlling families - Thomas Zellweger