Why are some family firms not innovative?: Innovation Barriers and Path Dependence in Family Firms

IF 2 4区管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT

Scandinavian Journal of Management Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1016/j.scaman.2021.101182

Daniel Lorenzo , Pedro Núñez-Cacho , Naveed Akhter , Francesco Chirico

引用次数: 13

Abstract

Although scholars have recognized the importance of innovation in family firms, the literature on family firm innovation tends to generally depict family firms as either ‘good’ or ‘bad’ for innovation, or focus on the factors with the potential to positively stimulate family firm innovation. Drawing on path dependence theory, this study focuses specifically on what family-specific barriers work against innovation in family firms. To that end, we follow a qualitative theory-building approach due to the limited amount of extant theory, and study a sample of four family businesses headquartered in Spain and Uruguay. The related propositions and theoretical contributions emerging from our study are shared in the concluding section.

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为什么有些家族企业没有创新精神?:家族企业创新壁垒与路径依赖

虽然学者们已经认识到创新在家族企业中的重要性，但关于家族企业创新的文献通常倾向于将家族企业描述为创新的“好”或“坏”，或者关注具有积极刺激家族企业创新潜力的因素。利用路径依赖理论，本研究特别关注家族企业中阻碍创新的特定障碍。为此，由于现有理论数量有限，我们采用定性理论构建方法，并以总部位于西班牙和乌拉圭的四家家族企业为样本进行研究。本研究的相关命题和理论贡献将在结语部分分享。

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Scandinavian Journal of Management MANAGEMENT-

CiteScore

4.00

自引率

10.00%

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审稿时长

71 days

期刊介绍： The Scandinavian Journal of Management (SJM) provides an international forum for innovative and carefully crafted research on different aspects of management. We promote dialogue and new thinking around theory and practice, based on conceptual creativity, reasoned reflexivity and contextual awareness. We have a passion for empirical inquiry. We promote constructive dialogue among researchers as well as between researchers and practitioners. We encourage new approaches to the study of management and we aim to foster new thinking around management theory and practice. We publish original empirical and theoretical material, which contributes to understanding management in private and public organizations. Full-length articles and book reviews form the core of the journal, but focused discussion-type texts (around 3.000-5.000 words), empirically or theoretically oriented, can also be considered for publication. The Scandinavian Journal of Management is open to different research approaches in terms of methodology and epistemology. We are open to different fields of management application, but narrow technical discussions relevant only to specific sub-fields will not be given priority.