List of contributors
List of abbreviations
List of figures and tables
Introduction a global revolution : the endurance of large family businesses around the world / PALOMA FERNANDEZ PEREZ AND ANDREA COLLI
Theoretical issues and debates
The emergence of family business studies : a historical approach to pioneering centers, scholars, and ideas / PALOMA FERNANDEZ PEREZ AND NURIA PUIG
Family firm longevity : a balancing act between continuity and change / PRAMODITA SHARMA AND CARLO SALVATO
Family values or crony capitalism? / HAROLD JAMES
Risk, uncertainty and family ownership / ANDREA COLLI
Exogenous factors: the environment
Enterpreneurial spirit in the evolution of Swedish family businesses / HANS SJÖGREN
Cultural forces in large family firm persistence : a model based upon the case project / VIPIN GUPTA
Family firms and the new multinationals : evidence from Spain / MAURO F. GUILLÉN AND ESTEBAN GARCIA CANAL
Finance and family-ness : a historical overview of assessing the economics of kinship / CHRISTOPHER KOBRAK AND PRAMUAN BUNKANWANICHA
Endogenous determinants : inside the black box
The women of the family business / CHRISTINE BLONDEL AND MARINA NIFOROS
The role of values in family-owned firms / REMEI AGULLES, LUCIA CEJA AND JOSEP TÀPIES
Managing professionalization in family business : transforming strategies for managerial succession and recruitment in family firms in the twentieth century / SUSANNA FELLMAN
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