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This book explores the relationship between families, firms, and regions and

the extent to which these relationships contribute to regional economic and

social development.

Although family business participation in economic activities has been

a common phenomenon since pre-industrial societies, and its importance

has evolved throughout time and across spatial contexts, the book suggests

that these factors have often been neglected in family business and regional

studies. Taking this research gap into account, the book aims to deepen our

understanding of the role family firms play in the regional economy. In particular,

it explores two seldom studied questions. Firstly, what role do family

firms play in regional development? Secondly, how do different spatial regional

contexts shape family firm operations and performance?

Family Business and Regional Development presents a model of ´spatial

familiness´ and uses themes such as productivity, networks and competitiveness

to shed new light on family businesses. Moreover, it approaches the

juxtaposition between family business and regional studies to encourage the

cross-fertilisation of ideas, theories, and research methods between the two

fields.

Bringing together leading experts in entrepreneurship, regional economics,

and economic geography, this book will be a valuable reading for advanced

students, researchers and policymakers interested in family firms,

regional studies and economic geography.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Rodrigo Basco, Roger Stough and Lech Suwala



1. Spatial Familiness and Family Spatialities-Searching for Fertile Ground between Family Business Studies and Regional Studies

Rodrigo Basco and Lech Suwala



2. A Regional Perspective of Family Firms: Evidence from Europe

Rodrigo Basco and Fernanda Ricotta



3. Family-Managed Firms and Productivity: Evidence from Urban Areas

Rodrigo Basco, Stefano Amato, Silvia Gómez-Ansón and Andrea Calabrò



4. Family Co-occurrence and Firm Productivity

Evans Korang Adjei and Rikard Eriksson



5. Developing Digital Innovation in Family Firms: Evidence from Italian Industrial Districts

Stefano Amato, Alessia Patuelli and Nicola Lattanzi



6. Family Firms and their Regional Ties: A Bond Made for Future?

Regina Lenz



7. Urbanization Economies, Proximity Dimensions and Productivity: A Family Firm Perspective

Stefano Amato, Mikaela Backman and Juhana Peltonen



8. Family Firms and Corporate Responsibility in Peripheral Regions

Martin Graffenberger and Franziska Görmar



9. Comparing Family and Non-Family Firms' Strategic Effects on Regional Development Evidence from Kenya

Murithi William and Woldesenbet Beta Kassa



10. Family Firms and Regional Entrepreneurship: The European Evidence

Riccardo Cappelli, Marco Cucculelli and Valentina Peruzzi



11. Family Firms and Regional Development: Evidence from China

Xinrui Zhang, Junsheng Dou and Hanqing ´Chevy´ Fang



12. Family Firms and Corporate Spatial Responsibilities in Germany - Implication on Urban and Regional Planning and Management

Hans-Hermann Albers and Lech Suwala



13. Place-Based Approach and Family Firms: The Tatula Programme in Lithuania

Rodrigo Basco and Inga Bartkeviciute