Entrepreneurship in Family Business

This book presents an excellent analysis of how a family business is different from other forms of organization and especially its peculiarities in relation to entrepreneurship. Focusing on small and medium-sized second-generation Chinese family businesses this book provides an in-depth analysis on the relationship between the firms' family attributes - or 'familiness' as conceptualized in this book - and entrepreneurial processes, which leads to different outcomes. Eight cases from China are presented in this book and a dual-level approach is proposed for research on entrepreneurship in family businesses, emphasising both firm processes and the role of individual owner-managers. Readers will also find several useful policy and practice-oriented perspectives in this book.

Henry X. Shi is Lecturer in Management at the University of Auckland Business School and Research Associate with the New Zealand Asia Institute. He has a PhD in Management from the University of Auckland, a Master of International Business from the University of Melbourne and an advanced teaching qualification from the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on the evolution of socio-economic contexts and its impact on entrepreneurship and innovation in SMEs, particularly through family businesses and is frequently comparative across the Asia-Pacific region.