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Family Business Sustainability Case Studies Across the World

9781035339242 Edward Elgar Publishing

Edited by Tulsi Jayakumar, Professor of Finance and Economics and Executive Director, Centre for Family Business and Entrepreneurship, SPJIMR, India, Elisa Conti, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Finance and Law, Member of the IPAG Chair for Sustainable Family Business and Entrepreneurship, IPAG Business School, Andrea Calabrò, Professor of Family Business and Entrepreneurship, Director, IPAG Chair for Sustainable Family Business and Entrepreneurship, IPAG Business School, France, Academic Director, STEP Project Global Consortium, the Netherlands, Adriana Andrea Amaya Rivas, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, ESPAE Graduate School of Management, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador and Yeny E. Rodríguez, Associate Professor of Finance, School of Management, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Publication Date: January 2025 ISBN: 978 1 03533 924 2 Extent: 182 pp

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This prescient book develops a clear framework for sustainability in family firms, highlighting the importance of fostering sustainable company practices. Chapters provide diverse perspectives and international case studies on family businesses to answer the question: why should sustainability be any different in family businesses compared to non-family organisations?

Key Features:
• Includes suggested readings and discussion questions to help structure learning
• Case studies span continents, from Europe and Asia to South America, and follow a consistent methodological approach, appropriate for lecturers and students alike
• Illustrates challenges encountered by family firms, such as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, maintaining corporate social responsibility, and succession planning amidst unique, generational company structures

Family Business Sustainability Case Studies Across the World is crucial for academics and students studying family business, strategic management and sustainability. It is also beneficial for those working within family firms seeking to understand how sustainability has been, and can be, implemented.