This book addresses two research questions, namely, how the relationships between family firms and their local territories originate and develop, and how they influence these firms’ economic performance and corporate social responsibility initiatives. Uniquely, it seeks to develop an integrated framework that brings together family firms and local territories, while also presenting new empirical evidence of relevance to scholars, managers and policymakers alike. In addition, the book responds to family business scholars’ need for a greater understanding of what anchors entrepreneurial families to their home territories and of these territories’ conditioning effects on family firms’ decision-making. weiterlesen