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This book addresses gaps in the literature by presenting a holistic, multi-disciplinary approach to the study and practice of family business that draws from such fields as psychology, anthropology, sociology, strategy, family therapy, family studies, wealth management, and international business. An international array of experts addresses both macro issues (including the role of family businesses in new business creation and economic development, influences of culture on family business, public policies that can encourage or threaten family business) and firm management (strategic and financial decision making, governance, entering and exiting). Featuring case studies from firms in a variety of industries,Understanding Family Businesses not only offers provocative new insights on family business dynamics, but outlines an agenda for future research.
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Alan L. Carsrud holds the Loretta Rogers Chaired Professorship in Entrepreneurship in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University in Canada. He is Docent at Γ bo Akademi University in Finland. He has co-edited, with Malin BrΓ€nnback, Entrepreneurship and Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind: Inside the Black Box. He is Associate Editor of the Journal of Small Business Management and was Founding Associate Editor of Entrepreneurship and Regional Development. His over 170 articles, books, and chapters are in technology, entrepreneurship, innovation systems, entrepreneurial cognitions, family business, and clinical & social psychology. His research appears in Journal of Business Venturing, Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice, Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Family Business Review, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Enterprising Culture, New Biotechnology, Screenings, VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Journal of Applied Psychology, American Journal on Mental Deficiency, and the Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology. He is a fellow of the Family Firm Institute and on the board of the Family Enterprise Research Conferences.
Malin BrΓ€nnback is Chair of International Business at Γ bo Akademi University where she received her doctoral degree in management science in 1996. She also holds a B.Sc. in pharmacy. She has served as Associate Professor in Information Systems at University of Turku, and Professor of Marketing at Turku School of Economics, Finland. She has co-authored or edited, with Alan Carsrud, two books: Entrepreneurship and Understanding the Entrepreneurial Mind: Inside the Black Box. She has published widely on entrepreneurship, biotechnology business, and knowledge management. Her current research interests are in entrepreneurial cognition, intentionality, and firm growth and performance in high technology entrepreneurship. Her research appears inJournal of Small Business Management, Journal of Enterprising Culture, New Biotechnology, Screenings, VINE: The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, Knowledge and Process Management, Human Systems Management, Journal of Decision Systems, Journal of Market-Focused Management, and European Management Journal.
