The Endurance of Family Businesses : A Global Overview (Paperback)

Introduction: a global revolution: the endurance of large family businesses around the world Paloma Fernandez Perez and Andrea Colli; Part I. Theoretical Issues and Debates: 1. The emergence of family business studies: a historical approach to pioneering centers, scholars, and ideas Paloma Fernandez Perez and Nuria Puig; 2. Family firm longevity: a balancing act between continuity and change Pramodita Sharma and Carlo Salvato; 3. Family values or crony capitalism Harold James; 4. Risk, uncertainty, and family ownership Andrea Colli; Part II. Exogenus Factors: The Environment: 5. Entrepreneurial spirit in the evolution of Swedish family businesses Hans Sjogren; 6. Cultural forces in large family firm persistence: a model based upon the case project Vipin Gupta; 7. Family firms and the new multinationals: evidence from Spain Mauro F. Guillen and Esteban Garcia Canal; 8. Finance and family-ness: a historical overview of assessing the economics of kinship Christopher Kobrak and Pramuan Bunkanwanicha; Part III. Endogenous Determinants: Inside the Black Box: 9. The women of the family business Christine Blondel and Marina Niforos; 10. The role of values in family-owned firms Remei Agulles, Lucia Ceja and Josep Tapies; 11. Managing professionalization in family business: transforming strategies for managerial succession and recruitment in family firms in the twentieth century Susanna Fellman.