Family Business Debates

Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez is Professor of Management at Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ). He obtained his PhD on Management Sciences at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). He is a member of Mexico’s National System of Researchers (CONACYT, Level 1).Salvatore Tomaselli is Professor of Business Administration at the Università di Palermo, Italy. A founding member and fellow of IFERA, he served on the Board of EURAM from 2015 to 2017.Argentina Soto Maciel is Professor of Business Administration at the Business and Economics School, Universidad Anáhuac México.

In “Family Business Debates: Multidimensional Perspectives Across Countries, Continents and Geo-political Frontiers”, the authors propose an exploratory journey in 18 stages towards one of the founding territories, and paradoxically less studied, of our economic system, the family business. The interaction of two complex systems, such as family and business, is addressed in this very interesting book, which first analyzes this confluence from a philosophical and sociological perspective and then illustrates the development of this business model in various geographies. The result? An essential text for those who want to understand the dynamics of family business, either for academic purposes or as support for their professional practice.

• Part I. Theory Chapter 1. Family Business Research: 5th Wave Perspectives; Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, Salvatore Tomaselli, and Argentina Soto Maciel Chapter 2. Starting at the Beginning: A Scoping Review of Family Business Founders; Marie Segares Chapter 3. Critical studies in Family Businesses: What are we Afraid of?; Brian Gregory, Allan Discua Cruz, and Sarah L. Jack Chapter 4. Philosophical Foundations of Family Business Development; Ulises Campbell Manjarrez Chapter 5. Pedagogical Strategies for Family Business Members from a Lifelong Learning Perspective; Argentina Soto Maciel, Salvatore Tomaselli, and María Rodríguez García Chapter 6. The Social Family Enterprise: Towards a Disruptive Approach to Social Entrepreneurship; Mariana Zerón FélixPart II. Practice Chapter 7. Family Business Entrepreneurial Ecosystem: An Explorative Approach; Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, Luisa C. Carvalho, and Adriana Martínez Chapter 8. Japanese Shinise: Long-standing Businesses and their Strategies to Protect the ie under Extreme Environments; Yunuen Ysela Mandujano-Salazar Chapter 9. Australian Family Businesses: Ready to Thrive Post COVID-19?; Donella Caspersz, Mare Stevanovski, and Pi-Shen Seet Chapter 10. From Small Business to Large Family Business: Discussions around Development and Evolution of Companies in Latin America and Spain; Araceli Almaraz and Javier Vidal Chapter 11. Knowledge on Boards of Directors of Family Firms: From Developed Economies to Latin America; Pedro Vázquez and Miguel Méndez Chapter 12. Managing Paradoxes in Family Firms: A closer look at Public Politics in Spain; Remedios Hernández-Linares, Vanessa Diaz-Moriana, and Valeriano Sánchez-Famoso Chapter 13. Family Business in Latin America: A Contextual Approach based on Three Cases from the Puuc Biocultural Region; Anel Flores-Novelo Chapter 14. Enabling Family Business Resilience - The Role of Female Leadership: Evidence from a Chinese Family Business; Yong Wang and Yanshuang Li Chapter 15. Sadism, Heterotopia, and Entrepreneurship: The Role of the “Family” in Family Business; R. Duncan M. Pelly and Melinda Roberson Chapter 16. Power and Corruption in Family Business: Perspectives and Cases; Manjula S.Salimath and Leyla Orudzheva Chapter 17. True Entrepreneur versus False Entrepreneur: Implications for Family Business; Rosa Azalea Canales García and Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez Chapter 18. The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Debt Financing of Family Businesses: Evidence from Nigeria; Afusat Jaiyeola, Yong Wang, and Samia MahmoodTestimonial (Family Business Consultant) Oscar Javier Montiel Méndez, Salvatore Tomaselli, and Argentina Soto Maciel