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Innovation in Family Firms: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Knowledge Collaboration

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While prior research suggests that family ownership can significantly facilitate sales and innovation, empirical findings often overlook the nuanced differences in innovation inputs between family and non‐family firms. We address this gap by examining the extent to which family firms are able to use absorptive capacity by creating knowledge ...
David Bruce Audretsch, Maksim Belitski, Christina Guenther, Natalia Vershinina   +3 more
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Socioemotional wealth : an obstacle or a springboard to creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in family firms? [PDF]

, 2015
This chapter takes a socioemotional wealth (SEW) perspective to explain how families influence the sensing and seizing of entrepreneurial opportunities in family firms. Specifically, this model proposes that some aspects of the family's SEW are conducive
Cruz, Cristina, Firfiray, Shainaz, Gómez-Mejía, Luis R., Makri, Marianna   +3 more
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What does really matter in the internationalization of small and medium-sized family businesses? [PDF]

, 2015
During the last decades considerable academic attention has been given to the internationalization of family businesses, as it is often considered a way to revitalize both the family and the business.
Andrea Calabrò, BROGI, Marina, MariaTeresa Torchia   +2 more
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A Betrayal in the Family: An Inhibitor or Stimulus for Business Model Innovation?

Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Academic Summary Business‐focused betrayals perpetrated by family members in managerial and decision‐making positions can devastate family businesses, questioning their assumptions about trust and how they conduct the business. Such betrayals ignite tensions between family and business logics, potentially causing paralysis and protection of ...
Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Nazha Gali, Farhad Uddin Ahmed, Mathew Hughes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Informality and exclusion: Evidence from matched employer-employee data for Lebanon and Syria [PDF]

, 2013
Informality, measured as the share of the employed who do not have access to social security, is high in Lebanon and the Syrian Arab Republic. This paper uses new data from the 2010 Lebanon and Syria matched employer-employee surveys, which include ...
Alloush, Mohamad, Chartouni, Carole, Gatti, Roberta, Silva, Joana   +3 more
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Family Hands, Greener Firms? The Effects of Family Management and Ownership on ESG Performance

Business Strategy &Development, Volume 9, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of family management and ownership on the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance of Brazilian publicly listed companies. Using panel data from 105 firms listed on B3 between 2010 and 2024, the results indicate that family‐managed firms exhibit a significant negative effect on both aggregate ESG ...
Matheus Juan Silva Ribeiro, Yuri Gomes Paiva Azevedo, Alexandro Gonçalves da Silva Prado, Alan Bandeira Pinheiro   +3 more
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The Corporate Social Responsibility of Family Businesses: An International Approach

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2014
This study analyzes the links between listed family businesses and social responsibility. On the theoretical level, it establishes a relationship between socioemotional wealth, proactive stakeholder engagement, and the social responsibility of family ...
Gérard Hirigoyen, Thierry Poulain-Rehm
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Reconsidering power and distance [PDF]

, 1996
A wide range of studies indicate that power and distance affect the production and interpretation of language. However, this paper argues that greater consideration needs to be given to the conceptual nature of these dimensions, and to terminological ...
Adamopoulos, Baxter, Beebe, Benjamin, Berscheid, Berscheid, Blum-Kulka, Blum-Kulka, Blumstein, Boxer, Brown, Brown, Brown, Brown, Cansler, Fiske, Foa, French, Hays, Helen Spencer-Oatey, Holmes, Holtgraves, Holtgraves, Holtgraves, Kelley, Kelly, Leary, Leech, Leichty, Lim, Longabaugh, Lonner, Olshtain, Schaefer, Slugoski, Spencer-Oatey, Stiles, Triandis, Triandis, Triandis, Triandis, Trosborg, Vollmer, Wetzel, Wierzbicka, Wish, Wood   +46 more
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Communicating Green Practices and Family Firm Image in Booking.com: Influence on Perceived Hospitality and Hotel Visit Intention

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, Volume 43, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT An increasing number of companies in the hotel industry are embracing the integration of sustainable practices to gain an advantage in a competitive digital market, where online travel agencies are predominant. However, marketing literature remains divided regarding the effectiveness of communicating the green image of a hotel in relation to ...
Matías Orellana‐González, Orlando Llanos‐Contreras, Eduardo Torres‐Moraga, Manuel Alonso‐Dos‐Santos   +3 more
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Low-Income Mothers’ Material Hardship and Children’s Socioemotional WellBeing [PDF]

Research suggests that children from low-income families are more likely to exhibit behavioral problems than children from wealthier families and these adverse behaviors have long-term detrimental effects on academic outcomes, health and earnings.
Afshin Zilanawala, Natasha V. Pilkauskas
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