The literature on family business has developed significantly over the last years. However, efforts remain to summarize and systematize the main aspects that affect the behavior of this type of company. In this regard, the topic of strategic management has been developed. In this sense, it is especially important to recognize how the family decisively influences the behavior of the company and also to identify how the existence of the company affects family dynamics. Those who manage family businesses, whether family or not, must reconcile both perspectives (business and family) in the definition of strategic objectives, allowing sustainability and continuity in this type of organization.

The Handbook of Research on the Strategic Management of Family Businesses provides emerging research that covers how strategic management in the family business has been developed and identifies the objectives that sustain this strategic behavior, the main areas of analysis (family and business), the definition of strategies, and their implementation. Also, the authors of this book review the different scenarios for family firms and propose strategies to tackle the challenges and seize the possibilities to grow in a competitive and dynamic environment. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as human capital, organizational leadership, and knowledge creation, this book is ideally designed for family firms, managers, advisors, consultants, policymakers, business professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, researchers, academicians, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Corporate Governance
Economic Development
Entrepreneurial Leadership
Global Network
Human Capital
Information Security
Knowledge Creation
Knowledge Transfer
Organizational Communication
Organizational Leadership

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Editor/Author Biographies

Jesús Manuel Palma-Ruiz is a Full Professor at the Faculty of International Economics, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua (Mexico). He holds an International Ph.D. (Hons.) in Business Management, University of Cantabria (Spain). He is a member of the National System of Researchers (SNI-CONACYT) and holds the Recognition of Desirable Profile, Secretariat of Public Education (SEP-PROMEP). With over 15 years of experience in both the private and academic sectors, he has been a professor of business for graduate and undergraduate levels, collaborating in business incubation and technology parks programs. He is a collaborator in research groups in Mexico and Spain, and has been involved in international and regional projects such as the European Union International Urban Cooperation Region-to-Region Program, GEM, GUESSS, and other local initiatives. He has published in scientific journals and co-edited books with IGI Global and Springer editorials. His research interests are in entrepreneurship and strategic management, with a focus on family firms.

Ismael Barros Contreras is a Ph.D. in Business Economics, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain. He is Senior Lecturer in the Commercial Engineering School at Universidad Austral de Chile. He has been School Director of Commercial Engineering and the Head of the Management Department of the Universidad Austral de Chile. His teaching area has been the financial accountant, management control, and family business. He has been a Visiting Scholar at the University of Valladolid (Spain), and Visiting Researcher of the Centre for Family Business at Lancaster University (UK). His research areas are strategic management and family business.

Luca Gnan is a Full Professor of Organizational Behavior at Tor Vergata University, where also he is the Director of the Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics. He is the past-president of the European Academy of Management (EURAM). He is a Member of the Central Evaluation Committee of the Tor Vergata University and Board member of the Tor Vergata World University. Luca Gnan is Editor in chief of the International Journal of transition and Innovation, and he has been and is guest editor of multiple journals. He has published on topics related to family business governance, corporate and public management. He investigated family firms’ corporate governance issues, with a special interest on the board of directors, governance structures, and mechanisms. Recently, he started to investigate family firms’ HR/Organizational issues, with a particular interest in HRM Practices. Other research interests are fostering the entrepreneurial orientation in organizations, the strategy formulation processes, and the role of models in decisional processes.

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