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Unlocking innovation potential: A typology of family business innovation postures and the critical role of the family system
(2018)How can family firms unlock their innovation potential? Despite the recent growth in research on family business innovation, existing literature has yielded controversial findings. Family firms are recognized as more ... -
The pursuit of international opportunities in family firms: Generational differences and the role of knowledge-based resources
(2018)Research Summary: We argue that willingness (attitude toward risk, return, and socioemotional wealth), ability (extent of control), and resource availability influence the internationalization of family firms. We hypothesize ... -
Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical
(Sage, 2018)This case is divided into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2, each highlighting strategic decisions the leaders of Glopac Chemical, the Makmur family, needed to make. Glopac Chemical and the Makmur family are pseudonyms and the ... -
Blending in while standing out: Selective conformity and new product introductions in family firms
(2018)Research on the conformity-distinctiveness tradeoff in family firms is divided. Examining the product innovations of Spanish manufacturing firms between 1998 and 2012, we hypothesize that family and nonfamily firms conform ... -
Sector-based entrepreneurial capabilities and the promise of sector studies in entrepreneurship
(2018)The influence of the industrial sector is a long-standing assumption in entrepreneurship studies, yet the mechanisms through which the industrial sector shapes entrepreneurial phenomena and the processes through which ... -
Environmental jolts, family-centered non-economic goals and innovation: Toward a framework of family firm resilience
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)Building on extant research on family firm resilience, we propose a framework to discuss the impact of family-centered non-economic goals on a firm’s ability to absorb and react to environmental jolts. This chapter aims ... -
Managing strategic change in family business: The case of Glopac Chemical – TEACHING NOTES
(Sage, 2018)This case is divided into two parts: Part 1 and Part 2, each highlighting strategic decisions the leaders of Glopac Chemical, the Makmur family, needed to make. Glopac Chemical and the Makmur family are pseudonyms and the ... -
Entrepreneurial orientation and innovation in family SMEs: Unveiling the (actual) impact of the Board of Directors
(2018)Drawing on stewardship and resource dependence theories, we examine how the board of directors (BoD) influences the link between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and ambidextrous innovation in small and medium sized family ...
