Family firms represent over 90 per cent of businesses globally, and play a significant role in the economies of many nations. This innovative book takes an interdisciplinary, cross-national approach to the study of family firms as institutions as well as the relationship between family firms and external institutions. In doing so, it demonstrates the impact of these interactions both on the firms and institutions themselves and on the wider economic context. Featuring in-depth analysis of original research, chapters take both theoretical and empirical approaches to explore the family firm as an organization, several key case studies. At a micro level, the social and cultural unit of the family and its behaviour is investigated, and at a macro level, external institutional contexts are examined to explain and theorise firms' behaviours and strategies, covering areas such as innovation, competitiveness and reputation. The book provides important conceptual insights, as well as up-to-date empirical research and ideas for future research agendas. Family Firms and Institutional Contexts will be a critical read for scholars and doctoral students in business and management, particularly those with an interest in family firms. Policymakers and practitioners in these areas will also find its insights of practical relevance.

Introduction Andrea Colli, Giorgia M. D'Allura and Sanjay Goel Part I Conceptual boundaries and methods 1. Family and institutional contexts: an integrated view to advance family business research Giorgia Maria D'Allura 2. Institutions and Family Firms: Past achievements and new challenges Andrea Colli 3. Mixed methods approach for family firm and institutions research: Literature review and suggestion for future research Giorgia Maria D'Allura and Mariasole Banno 4. Qualitative inquiries in family business research from an institutional theoretical perspective Anna Carreri Part II Business models and competitive advantage in Family firms 5. Which business model for the family business? A literature review and extension Rania Labaki and Christian Haddad 6. Business Modeling for Business Families Rosario Faraci and Rosaria Ferlito 7. Cultural variables as conceptual moderators in family involvement-performance relationship: a meta-analytic regression analysisBice Della Piana- Rosalia Santulli and Carmen Gallucci 8. Financial performance and corporate reputation in family firms: Is it about being good or being known? Alexandra Dawson Part III Innovation and competitiveness in Family firms 9. Family business innovation: A circular process model Moritz Feninger, Nadine Kammerlander and Alfredo De Massis 10. Innovation Advantages of Family Firms: Navigating the Trilemma of Challenges Justin B. Craig, George Thomas Lumpkin and Mare Meyer 11. Transgenerational Entrepreneurial Family Firms and Formal Institutions. Exploring the Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Family Firm Performance in Different Formal Institutional Settings Daniela Gimenez and Andrea Calabro 12. The Relationship Between Innovation and Internationalization in Family Firms: Past Research and Future Challenges Mariasole Banno, Giorgia Maria D'Allura, Celeste Amorim Varum and Sandro Trento Part IV Case studies 13. The interrelation between socio-spatial and institutional context, and family business characteristics Salvatore Tomaselli, Gianna Agro, Giocchino Fazio and Stefano Fricano 14. Exploring the intersection of e-commerce and context in Family Business in China: the effects on organisational form and identity Donella Casperz, Yong Wang, Salvatore Tomaselli and Rong Pei Index