Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business (Elgar Encyclopedias in Business and Management series)

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 Expert 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. Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors Editorial Review Board Acknowledgements Understanding Family Business Evidence, Assumptions and Questions: Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Family Business Advisory Boards Agency Theory Altruism Branding Business Families Business History Careers Communication Communities of Practice Community Engagement Conflict Conglomerates Consultants and Advisors Contingency theory Continuity and Discontinuity in Family Business Cooperatives Co-preneurs Corporate Entrepreneurship Corporate Governance Corporate Responsibility Cultural Variation of Family Businesses: Africa Cultural Variation of Family Businesses: Asia Cultural Variation of Family Business: Australasia Cultural Variation of Family Businesses: Central and South America Cultural Variation of Family Businesses: Europe Cultural Variation of Family Businesses: North America Death Definition and Functions of Business-Owning Families Definitions of Family Business Diaspora and Migrant Business Families Divorce Education of Family Members Embeddedness Emotions Ethics Exit Ethnic Family Business Familiness Family Business Groups FBN-I: Family Business Network International Family Entrepreneurial Teams Family Entrepreneurship The Family Firm Institute, FFI Family Governance Family Office F-PEC: Family—Power, Experience, and Culture Scale Family Science Farming Families Financing the Family Business Gender Genograms Goals Growing the Family Firm Habitual, Portfolio and Serial Entrepreneurship Heritage Heterogeneity History of Family Firm Research Home-Based Businesses Human Resources IFERA, The International Family Enterprise Research Academy Imprinting Informal Institutions Inheritance Law Innovation Internationalization Knowledge Management Leadership Legacy Long-Term Orientation Management Buyouts of Family Firms Managers in Family Businesses Marketing Mergers and Acquisitions Myths Narratives Nepotism Networks Next Generation Non-Family Employees Ownership Paradoxes Patriarchy Performance Philanthropy Primogeniture Private Equity Professional Associations Professionalisation Pruning the Family Tree Psychological Ownership Psychological Safety Psychology of the Business Family Religion Reputation Resilience Retirement Selling the Family Business Social Capital Socialisation Socioemotional Wealth STEP, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners STEP Project Global Consortium Stewardship Theory Strategic Renewal Succession Succession Planning Sustainability Systems Theory Theories in Family Firm Research Three Circle Model Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Trusts Values Widowhood Women