Post-Succession Innovation in Family Businesses: Exploring the Tension Between Incumbent Imprinting and Successor Self-Determination

IF 6.9 1区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice Pub Date : 2025-10-14 DOI:10.1177/10422587251382824

Ludovica Del Barone, Maria Carmela Annosi, Evelyn Micelotta, Filomena Buonocore

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Abstract

This study advances the understanding of innovation across generations in family businesses by revealing how imprinting and self-determination shape innovation trajectories following succession. Through a case study of 16 Dutch family Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the food industry, we identified four innovation trajectories—Inherited, Ancillary, Synergistic, and Detached Innovation. We disentangle the effect of structural imprinting and behavioral imprinting on the successor and examine how successor self-determination mediates imprinting forces. We rebalance the emphasis on incumbent-centric family business studies and explain the heterogeneity of post-succession innovation outcomes. These insights offer new theoretical tools for understanding and managing innovation during critical transition periods.

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家族企业的继承后创新：探讨在位者烙印与继承人自主决定之间的张力

本研究通过揭示印记和自我决定如何影响继承后的创新轨迹，促进了对家族企业跨代创新的理解。通过对荷兰16家食品行业家族中小企业的案例研究，我们确定了四种创新轨迹：继承创新、辅助创新、协同创新和超然创新。我们分析了结构印记和行为印记对后继者的影响，并考察了后继者自我决定如何调节印记力量。我们重新平衡了对以在职者为中心的家族企业研究的重视，并解释了继任后创新结果的异质性。这些见解为理解和管理关键转型期的创新提供了新的理论工具。

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Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice BUSINESS-

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19.00

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12.40%

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期刊介绍： Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (ETP) is an interdisciplinary scholarly journal dedicated to conceptual and empirical research that advances, tests, or extends theory relating to entrepreneurship in its broadest sense. Article Topics: Topics covered in ETP include, but are not limited to: New Venture Creation, Development, Growth, and Performance Characteristics, Behaviors, and Types of Entrepreneurs Small Business Management Family-Owned Businesses Corporate, Social, and Sustainable Entrepreneurship National and International Studies of Enterprise Creation Research Methods in Entrepreneurship Venture Financing Content: The journal publishes articles that explore these topics through rigorous theoretical development, empirical analysis, and methodological innovation. ETP serves as a platform for advancing our understanding of entrepreneurship and its implications for individuals, organizations, and society.