Does too much love hinder innovation?: family involvement and firms’ innovativeness in family-owned Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

• Ferrari, Filippo ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Bologna

     University of Bologna

     Bolonia, Italia

     
• Localización: European Journal of Family Business, ISSN-e 2444-8788, ISSN 2444-877X, Vol. 9, Nº. 2, 2019 (Ejemplar dedicado a: INNOVATION IN FAMILY FIRMS: BRIDGING THE THEORY-PRACTICE GAP), págs. 115-127
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.24310/ejfbejfb.v9i2.5388
• Títulos paralelos:
  • ¿Demasiado amor obstaculiza la innovación?: participación familiar e innovación de las empresas en pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYME) de propiedad familiar
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  • español

    La literatura actual sugiere que la participación familiar tiene un impacto en la innovación empresarial, pero no puede explicar en qué condiciones. Adoptando un modelo curvilíneo (el modelo de familia circumplex de Olson) esta investigación demuestra que los niveles de cohesión y flexibilidad de la familia juegan un papel importante en la relación entre la participación familiar y la propensión a la innovación empresarial.Además, al investigar cuantitativamente una muestra de PYME (N = 125), este trabajo también muestra que un modelo curvilíneo muestra un mejor ajuste (en comparación con los modelos lineales) para explicar el impacto de la participación familiar en la propensión a la innovación. Finalmente, se discuten las implicaciones académicas y prácticas.

  • English

    Current literature suggests that family involvement has an impact on firm innovativeness, but it is not able to explain in which conditions. Adopting a curvilinear model, (Olson’s circumplex model of family) this research demonstrates that the family's cohesion and flexibility levels play a significant role in the relationship between family involvement and firm innovation propensity.This paper also provides evidence for the theory that previous research limitations are due to the fact that they posit a linear relationship between family involvement and innovativeness. Instead, the Circumplex curvilinear model shows a better fit for explaining the family involvement impact on innovation propensity.

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