Family business is the most widely found form of business organization, with enormous importance to the global economy. Yet the contribution of family systems to entrepreneurial success has been underexplored. This book explores the diversity of contexts and processes associated with entrepreneurship in family setting.

Introduction: What We Know About Family Entrepreneurship Part I: Intersection Family Business and Entrepreneurship 1. Partitioning Socioemotional Wealth to Stitch Together the Effectual Family Enterprise 2. Corporate Family Entrepreneurship, the Seven Circumstances 3. Social Family Entrepreneurship: Social issues and stakeholder salience in small- and medium-sized family firms 4. Internal Corporate Venturing in Multi-Generational Family Enterprises: A Conceptual Model 5. The Impact of Domestic Drivers and Barriers on the Entrepreneurial Start-up Decision Conclusion to part I Part II: Intersection Family Business and Family 6. The Process of Identity Construction in The Family Business: A discursive psychology perspective 7. Keeping it in the Family: Financial rewards in family firms 8. Understanding Entrepreneurial Behaviors in Family Firms: Does the socioemotional wealth model explain differences? 9. Entrepreneurial Family Firms: A research note on their qualifying characteristics Conclusion to part II Part III: Intersection Entrepreneurship and Family 10. Family Context and New Venture Creation 11. The Role of Networking in the Growth Process of Entrepreneurial Family Firms 12. Habitual Entrepreneurship and the Socioemotional Wealth of Dynastic Family Enterprise: A synthesis of arguments and directions for future research 13. Typology of Interactions and Data Content in Qualitative Family Case Study Research Conclusion: What we need to know about Family Entrepreneurship

'Research scientists and thoughtful practitioners interested in entrepreneurship and family business studies will draw inspiration from reading the multi-disciplinary research presented in this book. Congratulations to the editors and authors for an impressive compilation of chapters on key Family Entrepreneurship topics. A new field is born!' - Pramodita Sharma, Professor, University of Vermont, USA'In Family Entrepreneurship, the editors make a huge contribution, both to scholars and to practitioners by providing the latest in theory and empirical research findings that will improve the quality of education for keeping family businesses healthy. We learn how to sustain family enterprises, but also how all organizations may succeed through entrepreneurial behavior. Family firms have much to tell us about the cultures, values and practices of successful businesses in the 21st century. This book has long been needed.' - Frank Hoy, Director, Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA'Overall this insightful edited collection invites readers to take a multidisciplinary view at family entrepreneurship by presenting relevant issues from a theoretical and a practical point of view, benefiting scholars and practitioners alike.' - Mariana Estrada-Robles, Sheffield University Management School, University of Sheffield, UK'Some of the most interesting insights in this book involve the new analytical levels introduced, especially those related to the family, individuals, and the context. Altogether, the book undoubtedly takes a significant step toward more comprehensive research on family entrepreneurship, laying foundations for a range of research settings on this topic. I would highly recommend this book to academics... The book will be extremely useful for both PhD students and scholars at a later stage in their career, if they are planning to study family firms from a more entrepreneurial perspective.' - Tanja Leppäaho, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.