This report investigates how family businesses can improve performance and profitability through entrepreneurship and innovation. Researched and written by Mike Wright, Alfredo De Massis, Louise Scholes, Mat Hughes and Josip Kotlar.

The latest data and findings on the growing contributions, challenges and opportunities of the family business sector in a report from Oxford Economics.

This report investigates the causes, benefits and challenges associated with openly promoting - or concealing - a firm's status as a family business. Researched and written by Claudia Binz Astrachan and Joseph H. Astrachan.

This report from Oxford Economics is a comprehensive overview of the UK Family Business Sector in terms of its contribution to GDP, employment and national wealth.

This report looks at the relative strengths and weaknesses of the family business model when managing people capital compared to non-family firms. Researched and written by Nick Bacon, Kim Hoque and Stanley Siebert.

This white paper sets out a four point agenda for embedding sustainable value creation principles into the family business to help drive long-term performance. Published in 2012.

This IFB Research Foundation report by Oxford Economics provides a comprehensive evaluation of the UK family business sector in 2010.

This white paper sets out an agenda for family business stewardship and offers four principles that can help drive business performance. Published in 2011.

This report by researchers from Nottingham University Business School and Leeds University Credit Management Research Centre investigates family businesses in the UK for the period 2007 to 2009 and looks at their industrial and geographical context, governance and performance relative to non-family businesses.

A report on the scale, scope and impact of family business philanthropy, which was published in 2009 and written by Beth Breeze.

A survey exploring the bond between the next generation and the family business, which was published in 2008 and complied by the London Business School.

This report captures the choices about what kind of business the family wants to build, the role of the family in a changing enterprise, and the next generation's potential involvement.

This report from 2006 was sponsored by UBS and written by Dr. Panikkos Poutziouris of Manchester Business School and CIIM Business School.

Insights of a panel of family business leaders and experts on the complexities of culture, strategy, and governance in the family firm.

This report presents the results of the first stage of the family business research programme at London Business School, which focuses on issues of leadership and culture.