Family Businesses in the Arab World

This book focuses on topics such as the cultural specificity of Arab family businesses with regard to shaping their governance and management; the influence that specific values in the Arab world could exert on the management of family businesses; how spiritual and religious values influence business in Arab family firms; and the role of emotions in the management of family firms in the Arab World. Presenting a collection of contributions addressing management, finance, strategy and succession in Arab Family businesses, this book constitutes a novel and unique contribution to the research field of family businesses.

1. Introduction to “Family Businesses in the Arab world”.-  2. Family Businesses in the Arab Economic context.- 3. Theorizing on Arab Family Businesses.- 4. Family capital and organizational resilience of the family firm in Tunisia.- 5. Moroccan Family Businesses: Specific Attributes, Logics of Action and Organizational Learning Dynamics.- 6. A Developing Country’s Perspective on the Internationalization Process of Family and non-Family Firms: the Case of Palestine.- 7. Socioemotional Approach: Exploring Women’s Guilt in An All-Female Egyptian Family Business.- 8. Financial Behaviour of Lebanese Family Firms during Political Crises.- 9. Impact of Institutional environment on the capital structure of Tunisian family firms.- 10. How can family firms attract foreign investors? The role of governance mechanisms in Tunisia.- 11. Founder Legacy in Arab Dynastic Entrepreneurship.- 12. Succession Planning in Family SMEs in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study.- 13. Epilogue. The multiple embeddedness of family firms in the Arab World.