1. Introduction: Scope, evolution, and future of family business studies - Pramodita Sharma, Leif Melin and Mattias Nordqvist
Part I: Theoretical Perspectives in Family Business Studies
2. Theories from family science: A review and roadmap for family business research - Jennifer E. Jennings, Rhonda S. Breitkreuz and Albert E. James
3. Theories from family psychology and family therapy - Arist von Schlippe and Klaus A. Schneewind
4. The anthropology of family business: An imagined ideal - Alex Stewart
5. Sociological theories applied to family business - Martha Martinez and Howard Aldrich
6. Economic theories of family firms - Prashant Shukla, Michael Carney and Eric Gedajlovic
7. Evolutionary theory: A new synthesis for family business thought and research - Nigel Nicholson
8. Family business inquiry as a critical social science - Denise Fletcher
Part II: Major Issues in Family Business Studies
9. Financial performance of family firms - Raphael Amit and Belen Villalonga
10. Family-controlled firms and stakeholder management: A socioemotional wealth preservation perspective - Pascual Berrone, Cristina Cruz and Luis R. Gomez-Mejia
11. Governing the family enterprise: Practices, performance and research - Kelin E. Gersick and Neus Feliu
12. Governance in family firms: A review and research agenda - Sanjay Goel, Iiro Jussila and Tuuli Ikäheimonen
13. Management succession in family business - Rebecca G. Long and James J. Chrisman
14. Business history and family firms - Andrea Colli and Paloma Fernández Pérez
Part III: Entrepreneurial and Managerial Aspects in Family Business Studies
15. Strategic content and process in family business - Carlo Salvato and Guido Corbetta
16. Resource based view of family firms - Sabine B. Rau
17. Corporate entrepreneurship in family business: Past contribution and future opportunities - Alexander McKelvie, Aaron McKenny, G.T. Lumpkin and Jeremy C. Short
18. Habitual and portfolio entrepreneurship in the family context: longitudinal perspectives - Peter Rosa, Carole Howorth and Allan Discua Cruz
19. Stewardship and accountability: Accounting and the family business - Keith Duncan and Ken Moores
20. Internationalization of family firms - Zulima Fernández and Maria Jesús Nieto
21. Marketing from a family business perspective - Anna Blombäck and Justin Craig
22. Family firms and social innovation: Cultivating organizational embeddedness - Shaker A. Zahra, Rania Labaki, Sondos G. Abdel Gawad and Salvatore Sciascia
Part IV: Behavioral and Organizational Aspects in Family Business Studies
23. Values in family businesses - Ritch L. Sorenson
24. Organizational identity and family business - David Whetten, Peter Foreman and Gibb W. Dyer
25. Trust and family businesses - Lloyd Steier and Miriam Muethel
26. Conflicts in family firms: The good and the bad - D’Lisa McKee, Timothy M. Madden, Franz W. Kellermanns and Kimberly A. Eddleston
27. Emotions in family firms - Ethel Brundin and Charmine Härtel
Part V: Methods in Use in Family Business Studies
28. Scales in family business studies - Allison W. Pearson, Daniel T. Holt and Jon C. Carr
29. Qualitative methods in family business research - Trish Reay and Zhen Zhang
30. Multilevel analysis in family business studies - Aaron F. McKenny, G. Tyge Payne, Miles A. Zachary and Jeremy C. Short
Part VI – The Future of the Field of Family Business Studies
31. The future of family business research through the family scientist’s lens - Sharon M. Danes
32. Entrepreneurial venturing for family business research - Frank Hoy
33. Practice what we preach? Developing the next generation of family business scholars - Alexandra Dawson
34. Developing the field of family business research: Legitimization, theory, and distinctiveness - David G. Sirmon
35. Toward a paradox perspective of family firms: The moderating role of collective mindfulness of controlling families - Thomas Zellweger
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