The Sage Handbook of Family Business

1. Introduction: Scope, evolution, and future of family business studies - Pramodita Sharma, Leif Melin and Mattias Nordqvist Part I: Theoretical perspectives in family business studies2. 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. Schneewind4. The anthropology of family business: An imagined ideal - Alex Stewart5. 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 Nicholson8. Family business inquiry as a critical social science - Denise FletcherPart II: Major issues in family business studies 9. Financial performance of family firms - Raphael Amit and Belen Villalonga10. Family-controlled firms and stakeholder management: A socioemotional wealth preservation perspective - Pascual Berrone, Cristina Cruz and Luis R. Gomez-Mejia11. Governing the family enterprise: Practices, performance and research - Kelin E. Gersick and Neus Feliu12. 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. Chrisman14. Business history and family firms - Andrea Colli and Paloma Fernández PérezPart III: Entrepreneurial and managerial aspects in family business studies15. Strategic content and process in family business - Carlo Salvato and Guido Corbetta 16. Resource based view of family firms - Sabine B. Rau17. Corporate entrepreneurship in family business: Past contribution and future opportunities - Alexander McKelvie, Aaron McKenny, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. Short18. Habitual and portfolio entrepreneurship in the family context: longitudinal perspectives

Leif Melin, PhD, is Professor of Strategy and Organisation and the Hamrin Professor of Family Business Strategy at Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS). He is the founding and past Director of Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO). He has served as Dean and Managing Director for JIBS. He was a founding researcher of the STEP project ( Transgenerational Entrepreneurship Practices) and has served as member for the Global STEP Project Board. In 2012, he was honored with the International award at the 26th anniversary conference of the Family Firm Institute, and he was also selected as a Family Owned Business Institute Scholar. He is the founder and annual co-chair of the EIASM Family Firm Research Workshop. He has published in international journals and book volumes, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Strategic Organization, Long Range Planning and Family Business Review. He serves on the editorial board of several international journals. Mattias Nordqvist, PhD, is Professor of Business Administration and the Hamrin International Professor of Family Business. He is the Director of Center for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO) and on the faculty of Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Organization and Leadership (ESOL) at Jonkoping International Business School (JIBS) in Sweden where he has also served as an Associate Dean. Mattias is a former Co-Director of the Global STEP Project and Visiting Scholar at Babson College, USA, University of Alberta, Canada and Bocconi University, Italy. He was selected as a Family Owned Business Institute Scholar twice; 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 by the Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University, Grand Rapids in the USA, and won the Family Firm Institute (FFI) Award for Best Unpublished Research Paper twice; 2005 and 2011. Mattias is a recipient of the Young Entrepreneurship Researcher Award 2006 from the Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum and the Swedish

"The academic field of family business has been growing dramatically in recent years and the research in this field has enjoyed major advances in both quantity and quality. As such, there is need for a compendium of research on family business. This volume satisfies this need providing a thorough examination of the theory, content and design of family business research. The authors read like a "who's who in family business scholarship". It is a critical resource for all researchers and students interested in family business. This volume is a must read for all family business scholars."