Open innovation in family firms: a systematic literature review

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Management Research-The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management Pub Date : 2019-08-19 DOI:10.1108/MRJIAM-03-2019-0913

Rafaela Gjergji, V. Lazzarotti, F. Visconti, Teresa García-Marco

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Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this study is threefold: first, to provide a comprehensive and systemized literature review on open innovation (OI) in family firms; second, to identify the antecedent of family firms’ heterogeneity (i.e. governance structure, goals and resources) and to outline how they affect OI behavior; and third, to propose potential avenues for further research. Design/methodology/approach The study consists of a systematic literature review and analyses the findings of 36 papers on OI and family firms. Findings Based on the results of the reviewed papers, authors show how family firms’ specific characteristics/factors strictly related to their governance structure, goals and resources affect OI behavior. Furthermore, the authors highlight also that adoption of different mechanisms/strategies can be useful to family firms to overcome OI barriers. Finally, discussion and avenues for further research are presented. Practical implications This review can be useful to family business managers, directors and/or external consultants to better understand family-specific characteristics to support family businesses in opening up their boundaries to external partners. Originality/value To the best knowledge, this is the first systematic review on OI and family firms that attempt to identify all family-specific characteristics/factors, known as the antecedent of heterogeneity that affects family firm OI behavior. The authors believe that it could represent an important guide for future research on this topic.

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家族企业的开放式创新:系统文献综述

本研究的目的有三:第一，对家族企业开放式创新进行全面系统的文献综述;其次，确定家族企业异质性的前因(即治理结构、目标和资源)，并概述它们如何影响OI行为;第三，提出进一步研究的潜在途径。设计/方法/方法本研究包括系统的文献综述，并分析了36篇关于OI与家族企业的研究结果。研究结果基于所回顾的论文的结果，作者展示了家族企业与其治理结构、目标和资源密切相关的特定特征/因素如何影响成骨不全行为。此外，作者还强调，采用不同的机制/策略可以帮助家族企业克服OI障碍。最后，提出了讨论和进一步研究的途径。实际意义本研究可帮助家族企业经理、董事及/或外部顾问更好地了解家族的特点，以支持家族企业向外部合作伙伴开放边界。原创性/价值据我所知，这是第一次对OI和家族企业进行系统回顾，试图确定所有家族特有的特征/因素，即影响家族企业OI行为的异质性前因。作者认为，这对今后的研究具有重要的指导意义。

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Management Research-The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management MANAGEMENT-

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