Issues and challenges surrounding corporate governance in entrepreneurial firms remain relatively unexamined. The Handbook of Research on Corporate Governance and Entrepreneurship brings together leading academic experts within their specific fields to examine the most important issues surrounding corporate governance in various entrepreneurial settings, including start-ups, owner-managed firms, fast-growing firms and IPOs. The Handbook also considers how corporate governance and board leadership is associated with entrepreneurship and innovation in mature companies. Detailed chapters span a wide range of topics, methodologies, and levels of analysis, all designed to contribute to advancements in the understanding of corporate governance in entrepreneurial firms. The Handbook begins with a succinct investigation into governance and entrepreneurship as a research field, followed by clearly delineated and thematic Parts dedicated to different business settings. Key topics include governance in early stage, high tech ventures and dynamics of governance structures in high growth, high potential firms. This innovative Handbook will provide fresh insights and unique practical perspectives for advanced students and academics in business management and entrepreneurship. Collectively, chapters provide new insights into the topic across different organizational and geographical settings and offer guidance to practitioners and policy makers working within these domains. Contributors include: E.S. Bjornali, M. Blomkvist, S. Bonini, J. Brunold, V. Capizzi, S.-O. Collin, F. Delmar, S. Durst, A. Fattoum, J. Gabrielsson, M. Huse, E.I. Jonsson, M. Knockaert, S. Laukkanen, H. Leblebici, M. Lindell, P.A.M. Mazzurana, T. Nelson, M. Paananen, D. Pittino, E. Smith, T. Talaulicar, E. Vanderbroucke, A. Vanjoki, F. Visintin, D. Yar Hamidi

Boards of directors are complex systems, and it is imperative to understand what the contextual forces are that shape the direction and make-up of boards. This Research Handbook provides inspiration for researchers and practitioners interested in the manifold dimensions and facets of context surrounding boards of directors. The contributions identify the complexity and multiplicity of contexts in which boards of directors work and operate, as well as indicating how board members interact with, and influence their contexts. The chapters explore national and institutional differences, divergent understandings of board requirements, climate change and boards' duties, transformation due to digitalisation, family firms, and micro-contextual dynamics affecting boards and their decisions. This Research Handbook promotes board accountability, questions the relative position of companies in society, and reconsiders governance from a multiple context, multi-actor perspective. Building a greater understanding of the main issues and theories surrounding boards of directors, this Research Handbook will be ideal for PhD students and scholars of business and governance. They will appreciate the manifold dimensions and theory discussions of context surrounding boards of directors. Practitioners and policy makers can also find material for their evolving frameworks.