Innovation in family firms: The relative effects of wealth concentration versus family-centered goals

Drawing on agency and behavioral perspectives, we disentangle two critical determinants of innovation strategies among family firms, namely, the family's wealth concentration in its business (WC) and the family's emphasis on family-centered goals. Our results from a survey of Australian fa...

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Autores: Becerra, Manuel, Graves, Chris, Cruz, Cristina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:IE
Repositorio:Repositorio IE
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ie.edu:20.500.14417/2891
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1177/0894486520953700
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/2891
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Family firm
Innovation
Socioemotional wealth
Family-centered goals
Wealth concentration
53 Ciencias Económicas::5311 Organización y dirección de empresas
ODS 9 - Industria, innovación e infraestructura
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Sumario:Drawing on agency and behavioral perspectives, we disentangle two critical determinants of innovation strategies among family firms, namely, the family's wealth concentration in its business (WC) and the family's emphasis on family-centered goals. Our results from a survey of Australian family firms show opposite and completely independent effects of WC and family-centered non-economic goals (FCG-NE) on family firms' innovation strategies. While higher WC is negatively associated with firm innovation, a greater emphasis placed on FCG-NE has a positive impact, which seems to be the key determinant of innovation strategies in family firms.