A Survey of Asian Family Business Research*

We survey the literature on family firms with a focus Asian countries. begin identifying three key motivational drivers of international research business—their dominance, relative performance, and extent embeddedness in business. Second, we provide brief eight economies history current challenges faced by each country. Third, document variety firm definitions used resulting difficulty drawing inferences due to lack definitional consistency. Fourth, discuss strategic advantages assets such as legacy networks bring context. Fifth, identify some unique face their countries, examples how ownership succession structures mitigate these challenges. close this suggesting open questions relevant for firms.