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Profitability goals, control goals, and the R&D investment decisions of family and nonfamily firms
(2014)Research and development (R&D) investments can help build sustainable competitive advantages and improve firm performance. Nevertheless, managers also acknowledge the difficulties associated with managing R&D and ... -
A note on family influence and the adoption of discontinuous technologies in family firms
(2015)The 4Cs model of command, continuity, community, and connections is useful for examining the effect of family influence on the adoption of discontinuous technologies. However, assuming that family influence differs only ... -
The impact of small- and medium-sized family firms on economic growth
(2015)Drawing on family business studies and the knowledge-based view of economic growth, we develop and test a model of how the prevalence of small- and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) under family control affects economic growth. ... -
Technology acquisition in family and nonfamily firms: A longitudinal analysis of spanish manufacturing firms
(2013)Technology acquisition from external sources has been identified as a critical competence for sustained success in innovation, and research has paid a good deal of attention to studying its advantages, drawbacks, determinants, ...