TY - BOOK AU - Smyrnios,Kosmas X. AU - Poutziouris,Panikkos Zata AU - Klein,Sabine B. TI - Handbook of research on family business SN - 9781845424107 PY - 2008/// CY - Cheltenham PB - Edward Elgar KW - Family-owned business enterprises N2 - "The Handbook of Research on Family Business provides a comprehensive first port of call for those wishing to survey progress in the theory and practice of family business research. In response to the extensive growth of family business as a topic of academic inquiry, the principal objective of the Handbook is to provide an authoritative and scholarly overview of current thinking in this multidisciplinary field. The contributors examine recent advances in the study of family business, which has undertaken significant strides in terms of theory building, empirical rigour, development of sophisticated survey instruments, systematic measurement of family business activity, use of alternative research methodologies and deployment of robust tools of analysis. "-- ER -