Research Agenda for Family Business

Edited by Andrea Calabrò, Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship, IPAG Chair for Sustainable Family Business and Entrepreneurship, Academic Director of the STEP Project Global Consortium, IPAG Business School, France

• Contents:Introducing A Research Agenda for Family Business by Andrea Calabrò xv1 Family trends shaping the family business landscape 1Joyce Kox and Astrid Kramer2 Developing a “sociological imagination” of familiesin family business research 15Eric R. Kushins and Elaina Behounek3 History as a source and method for family businessresearch 29Christina Lubinski and William B. Gartner4 Engaging the next generation of family membersthrough work: adolescence and beyond 61Marjan Houshmand, Marc-David L. Seidel and Dennis Ma5 Entrepreneurial legacy: how narratives of the past,present and future affect entrepreneurship inbusiness families 73Miruna Radu-Lefebvre, Vincent Lefebvre, JeanClarke and William B. Gartner6 From turmoil to synergism: how business leaders’human resource mental models and family controlimpact employees 87Chiung-Wen Tsao and Shyh-Jer Chen7 Diversity on family firm boards: a research agendafor 2020–30 103Mary Barrett and Ken Moores8 The role of vision in determining family, smallbusiness and minority ethnic business research 121Claire Seaman and Richard Bent9 Strategic and organizational choices in familyfirms: introducing sense-making 135Luca Gnan and Giulia Flamini10 Advancing research on creativity in family firms 157Julia Vincent Ponroy and Dianne H.B. Welsh11 Changing landscape of Indian family businesses 169Kavil Ramachandran, Sougata Ray andYashodhara Basuthakur12 Spatial familiness: a bridge between familybusiness and economic geography 185Rodrigo Basco and Lech Suwala13 Family-owned MNEs and transparency: a focus oncorruption risk in host countries 203Matteo Caroli, Claudia Pongelli and Alfredo Valentino14 Financing the growth of the family business:a research agenda 215Alessandro Cirillo, Alexandra Dawson, AnneleenMichiels and Donata Mussolino15 Innovation in family business groups: going beyondan R&D perspective 231Marita Rautiainen, Suvi Konsti-Laakso and Timo Pihkala16 The digitalization of family firms: a research agenda 247Catherine E. Batt, Peter Cleary, Martin R.W. Hiebl,Martin Quinn and Pall M. Rikhardsson17 Digital business transformation in family firms:how the owning family sets the scene 261Ann Sophie Löhde, Giovanna Campopiano andDaniela Gimenez JiménezConclusionAndrea CalabròIndex 279

‘This book represents a turning point in family business research by putting on the table research gaps of special relevance that address the heterogeneity of the family business. Future research topics relevant to the family and business systems and how the first system affects the behaviour and strategic decisions of the family business are addressed.’