While emotion in family business is beginning to garner closer attention among researchers,
the nexus of emotion management and governance has received little attention to date. In …

Purpose The purpose of this study is threefold: first, to provide a comprehensive and
systemized literature review on open innovation (OI) in family firms; second, to identify the …

Purpose In a context of technological disruption, companies face a digital imperative to
adopt successfully emerging new technologies. While family firms have a huge potential for …

This prologue to the special issue documents and discusses the current family business
research literature on strategy, ownership, governance and the socio-psychological …

This article aims at offering a comprehensive framework that describes the emotional nexus,
that is, the way emotions bind the family and the business, among cogent family business …

This timely Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the methodological challenges of
qualitative research in family business. Written by an international, multidisciplinary team of …

Evidence shows that positive family dynamics can motivate environmental and social
strategies (ESS) in family firms. Using a stated choice method, we examine how family …

This article aims to understand how emerging conflicts evolve and generate negative
emotions during family firms' succession process. Relying on previous research on …

Emotions are valenced and specific affective reactions to the perception of situations,
events, objects, or people. They influence thoughts, motivations, and behaviors and can play …

The extent to which assessments are shared across family members and generations has
been questioned, suggesting that the variability in the family members' perceptions may …