Handbook of Research on Family Business, Hardcover by Poutziouris, Panikkos Zata (EDT); Smyrnios, Kosmas X. (EDT); Klein, Sabine B. (EDT), ISBN 1845424107, ISBN-13 9781845424107, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USThe term "family business" covers everything from a vegetable pushcart to a Fortune 100 conglomerate, and the history of the family business goes back to the beginning of business itself, but the field of research on family businesses is relatively new. This collection of 32 international articles describes the state of the field and the work it is doing to help families better understand how to succeed with their business, whatever its size. Contributors describe the field of study and those whom it serves, theories behind the family business, including the "team" factor and critical leader relations, metrics and methodologies, including a model for establishing what exactly constitutes a family business, issues particular to family businesses such as establishing parameters of professionalism, and the truly tricky elements of succession, trans-cultural and global business and issues of finance peculiar to the family business. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()