Collaborative innovation in family firms: Past research, current debates and agenda for future research

F Feranita, J Kotlar, A De Massis - Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2017 - Elsevier
Collaborative innovation can boost family firms' innovation performance by enabling them to
tackle their resource constrains and tap into knowledge, financial capital, technology, and …

Family firms and collaborative innovation: present debates and future research

B Bigliardi, F Galati - European Journal of Innovation Management, 2018 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is threefold: first, to identify the unique characteristics of
family firms in terms of the ability to manage and the willingness to engage in collaborative …

Can profit and sustainability goals co-exist? New business models for hybrid firms

FG Alberti, MA Varon Garrido - Journal of Business Strategy, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to discuss hybrid organizations whose business models blur the
boundary between for-profit and nonprofit worlds. With the aim of understanding how hybrid …

[HTML][HTML] Digitalization as a facilitator of open innovation: Are family firms different?

MJ Nieto, L Santamaria, Y Bammens - Technovation, 2023 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the effect that a firm's level of digitalization has on its open innovation
activities. Specifically, we argue that digitalization facilitates collaboration with a wider set of …

Overcoming the ability-willingness paradox in small family firms' collaborations

C Guenther, M Belitski, N Rejeb - Small Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
Family firms' collaborative innovation is characterized by the so-called ability-willingness
paradox ie they are less willing to engage in collaborations despite being more able to …

Process innovation in family firms: Family involvement in management, R&D collaboration with suppliers, and technology protection

R Martínez-Alonso, MJ Martínez-Romero… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drawing on insights from the upper echelon theory, this article aims to examine the impact of
family involvement in management on process innovation within family firms, considering …

Impact of wise leadership, workplace friendships on open innovation in family firms: a developing country perspective

AA Abdulmuhsin, A Tarhini - Journal of Family Business Management, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study draws upon the hybrid approach of the resource-based view and social
capital theory, and aims to develop and empirically validate a model that examines the …

Does external R&D matter for family firm innovation? Evidence from the Italian manufacturing industry

F Aiello, P Cardamone, L Mannarino, V Pupo - Small Business Economics, 2021 - Springer
This article focuses on the relationship between external R&D and firm innovation output.
Using a sample of Italian manufacturing firms over the period 2007–2009, we estimate the …

TMT diversity and innovation ambidexterity in family firms: The mediating role of open innovation breadth

I Röd - Journal of Family Business Management, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Family firms that simultaneously engage in multiple levels of innovation–
incremental and radical–are likely to enjoy performance advantages across generations …

How family firms use governance mechanisms to mitigate the risks of ecosystems: a case study from healthcare

D Cobben, PCM Neessen, D Rus… - Small Business …, 2023 - Springer
This study aims to increase our understanding of how family firms, acting as ecosystem
orchestrators, mitigate perceived relational and performance risk in ecosystems via the use …