Introduction: A Developmental Model of Family Business -- Pt. I. The Three-Dimensional Developmental Model. 1. The Ownership Developmental Dimension. 2. The Family Developmental Dimension. 3. The Business Developmental Dimension -- Pt. II. Four Classic Family Business Types. 4. Founders and the Entrepreneurial Experience. 5. The Growing and Evolving Family Business. 6. The Complex Family Enterprise. 7. The Diversity of Successions: Different Dreams and Challenges -- Pt. III. Managing the Developing Family Business. 8. Structures and Plans for Guiding Development. 9. Consulting with Family Businesses -- Conclusion: Lessons from the Life Cycles