Table Of ContentUnderstanding Family Businesses
International Studies in Entrepreneurship
Series Editors:
Zoltan J. Acs
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA, USA
David B. Audretsch
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN, USA
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Alan L. Carsrud Malin Brännback
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Editors
Understanding Family
Businesses
Undiscovered Approaches,
Unique Perspectives, and Neglected Topics
Editors
Alan L. Carsrud Malin Brännback
Ted Rogers School of Management School of Business and Economics
Ryerson University Åbo Akademi University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Turku, Finland
[email protected] malin.brannback@abo.fi
ISBN 978-1-4614-0910-6 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-0911-3
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-0911-3
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Acknowledgments
First, we want to acknowledge those who are engaged in family business for encouraging
us to address topics not normally covered in the family business research literature.
Next, we want to thank our various colleagues who delivered on our requests for
thought-provoking chapters. We want to acknowledge the support of our universities
for their fi nancial support of our work on family business and this book. Finally, we
want to thank our own families who have patiently supported us in this project as we
spent time away from them working on this book.
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Contents
1 Where Have We Been and Where We Should Be Going
in Family Business Research ................................................................. 1
Alan L. Carsrud and Malin Brännback
2 Family Business: A Global Perspective from the Panel
Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics and the Global
Entrepreneurship Monitor .................................................................... 9
Charles H. Matthews, Diana Hechavarria, and Mark T. Schenkel
3 Intentions in the Family Business: The Role of Family Norms ......... 27
Malin Brännback and Alan L. Carsrud
4 Identity Dynamics in the Family Business Context:
A Novel(’s) Perspective .......................................................................... 39
Björn Kjellander, Mattias Nordqvist, and Friederike Welter
5 Love, Hate, and Desire: The Role of Emotional Messiness
in the Business Family ........................................................................... 55
Ethel Brundin and Pramodita Sharma
6 What’s Love Got to Do with It? Marriage and Divorce
in Family Business .................................................................................. 73
Patricia M. Cole and Kit Johnson
7 The Bad Seed’s Poisonous Harvest: How Offspring
Sow and Reap Deviant and Dysfunctional Behavior
in the Family Business ........................................................................... 95
Kimberly A. Eddleston and Roland E. Kidwell
8 Double Roles, Double Binds? Double Bind Theory
and Family Business Research .............................................................. 115
Reginald A. Litz
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9 Power and Learning in the Dynamics of Family
Business Development............................................................................ 133
Richard T. Harrison and Claire M. Leitch
10 How to Create Trust in Family Firms and Rebuild
It When It’s Lost: Implications for Practice and Research ............... 157
W. Gibb Dyer
11 Entrepreneurial Leadership and the Family Business ....................... 169
Maija Renko, Ayman El Tarabishy, Alan L. Carsrud,
and Malin Brännback
12 Do Family Councils Really Work?
The Need for Empirical Study .............................................................. 185
Carmen Bianchi and Keanon J. Alderson
13 Transferring Strategy Research to the Family Firm Context:
A Fit Perspective on Performance in Family Firms ............................ 203
Corinna M. Lindow
14 Follow the Capital: Benefi ts of Tracking Family Capital
Across Family and Business Systems ................................................... 227
Sharon M. Danes and Katherine E. Brewton
15 Understanding Hybrid-Identity Organizations:
The Case of Publicly Listed Family Businesses ................................... 251
Börje Boers and Mattias Nordqvist
16 New Theoretical Perspectives on Family Business
Entrepreneurial Behavior ..................................................................... 271
Mary A. Barrett and Ken Moores
17 Sustaining Family Wealth: The Impact of the Family Offi ce
on the Family Enterprise ....................................................................... 289
Kirby Rosplock and Dianne H.B. Welsh
About the Editors and Authors ..................................................................... 313
Index ................................................................................................................ 323
Contributors
Keanon J. Alderson Robert K. Jabs School of Business ,
California Baptist University , Riverside , CA , USA
[email protected]
Mary A. Barrett School of Management and Marketing ,
University of Wollongong , Wollongong , NSW , Australia
[email protected]
Carmen Bianchi College of Business Administration ,
San Diego State University , San Diego , CA , USA
[email protected]
Börje Boers Department of Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Organization,
Leadership (ESOL), Centre for Family Enterprise and Ownership (CeFEO) ,
Jönköping International Business School , Jönköping , Sweden
[email protected]
Malin Brännback School of Business and Economics , Åbo Akademi University ,
Turku , Finland
malin.brannback@abo.fi
Katherine E. Brewton Department of Family Social Science ,
University of Minnesota , St. Paul , MN , USA
[email protected]
Ethel Brundin Jönköping International Business School , Center for Family
Enterprise and Ownership , Jönköping , Sweden
[email protected]
Alan L. Carsrud Ted Rogers School of Management , Ryerson University ,
Toronto , ON , Canada
[email protected]
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Patricia M. Cole Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale 3301 College
Avenue , FL , USA
[email protected]; [email protected]
Sharon M. Danes Department of Family Social Science ,
University of Minnesota , St. Paul , MN , U SA
[email protected]
W. Gibb Dyer Department of Organizational Leadership and Strategy,
Marriott School of Management , Brigham Young University , Provo , UT , USA
[email protected]
Kimberly A. Eddleston College of Business Administration ,
Northeastern University , Boston , MA , USA
[email protected]
Richard T. Harrison Queen’s University Management School,
Queen’s University Belfast , Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK BT7 1NN
[email protected]
Diana Hechavarria Department of Management , College of Business,
University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA
[email protected]
Kit Johnson School of Public Service Leadership , Capella University ,
Minneapolis , MN , USA
[email protected], [email protected]
Roland E. Kidwell Department of Management and Marketing,
College of Business, University of Wyoming , Laramie , WY , USA
[email protected]
Björn Kjellander Jonkoping International Business School , Jonkoping , Sweden
[email protected]
Claire M. Leitch QUMS, Queen’s University Belfast , Belfast ,
Northern Ireland , UK BT7 1NN
[email protected]
Corinna M. Lindow HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management ,
Leipzig , Germany
[email protected]
Reginald A. Litz Asper School of Business , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg ,
MB , Canada R3T 5V4, Toft Visiting Professor of Family Business at the Center
for Family Enterprise and Ownership, JIBS, Sweden
[email protected]
Charles H. Matthews Department of Management , College of Business,
University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA
[email protected]
