During the previous decade, the multi-disciplinary field of family business has advanced significantly in terms of advances in theory, development of sophisticated empirical instruments, systematic measurement of family business activity, use of alternative research methodologies and deployment of robust tools of analysis. This second edition of the Handbook of Research on Family Business presents important research and conceptual developments across a broad range of topics. The contributors - notable researchers in the field - explore the frontiers of knowledge in family business entrepreneurship and stimulate critical thinking, enriching the repository of theoretical frameworks and methodologies.The Handbook takes a systematic and rigorous approach by providing in-depth insights into the dynamics of family business, its context and the significant role of stakeholders. Ultimately, this scholarly compendium of extant family business papers is an invaluable resource for researchers, educators, family business consultants, family business owner-managers and students.

Contributors include: D. Arijs, B. Arosa, P. Bachiller, S. Ben-Mahmoud-Jouini, A. Blombäck, I.C. Botero, L. Cabeza-García, J.L. Calvo González, D. Caspersz, S. Chang, J. Chrisman, G. Corbetta, L.-P. Dana, S.M. Danes, A. Dawson, B. Debicki, F. di Donato, E.L. Gimenez, M.-C. Giorgino, L. Gnan, S. Gómez-Ansón, A. Gómez Vieites, T. Goto, V. Gupta, E. Hadjielias, E. Hamilton, C. Howorth, T. Ikäheimonen, M. Ikävalko, T. Iturralde, J. Kansikas, F. Kellermanns, A. Kirmanen, A. Koeberle-Schmid, R. Labaki, I. Le Breton-Miller, J. Lee, N. Levenburg, C. Lindow, S. Litchfield, M.S. Macchione Saes, A. Maseda, C. Matherne, N. Michael-Tsabari, S. Mignon, D. Miller, A. Minichilli, F. Mizumoto, D. Montemerlo, J. Negreira, F. Negreira del Río, M. Nordqvist, J.A. Novo-Peteiro, S. Paternostro, A. Pena-López, J.A. Novo Peteiro, T. Pihkala, D. Pittino, M. Sacristán-Navarro, J.M. Sánchez-Santos, P. Sharma, K.X. Smyrnios, L. Songini, K. Stafford, E. Su, R. Tiscini, G. Valentini, F. Visintin, R.K. Zachary, V. Zheng