... and management in the hands of the second generation, these businesses have the highest level of technology adoption. To sustain growth and competitiveness, they should: In multi-generationally managed enterprises, a significant positive correlation was found between SEW and technological development...

... was used to identify hidden variables that may explain the relationships between the observed variables. Findings Key findings related to the approaches of generations owned and managed to the implementation of digitization, the influence of non-family managers and owners, the main barriers...

...Susana Sales da Silva Campos; Cláudio Antônio Pinheiro Machado Filho; Raquel Sales da Silva Costa; Lucas dos Santos-Costa Purpose This paper aims to analyze the contribution of the external director to the governance of family businesses (FBs) in different generations. The authors aim to support...

...Sebastian Hillebrand Purpose The purpose of this paper is to clarify the generation–innovation relationship in family firms. The study acknowledges that the degree of family influence on a firm varies over generations and tests if the generation–innovation relationship is affected by two defining...