... in family businesses. The paradoxes were analyzed, classified and linked to theoretical frameworks, enabling a structured understanding of the tensions that define the dynamics of family businesses. Findings This review identifies 60 paradoxes grouped into five main thematic areas: innovation...

... involvement, firm resources and industry conditions, influence how family firms manage intellectual property. In turn, IP management practices influence outcomes related to innovation, financial performance and family-level goals. Originality/value This study consolidates a previously dispersed body...

...Sy Nguyen Tran; Can Ngo Thi Purpose Knowledge management and innovation play an important role in enhancing the business performance of family firms. Nonetheless, there exists a notable deficiency in research concerning the mechanisms that elucidate the relationship between knowledge management...

...Maite Barguilla Sanclaudio; Lucia Garcés-Galdeano; Iván Alfredo Salazar Morales Purpose This work contributes to the debate on the link between environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria and firm innovation, incorporating ownership structure as a moderating variable. Design/methodology...

...Miguel Gil; Kajsa Thor; Adam Gemheden Purpose This study explores the relationship between innovation and tradition in family firms. By examining how these firms manage the potential tension between these two elements, the study aims to understand better how innovation and tradition coexist...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Family business Blockchain technology Innovation Digital transformation Family businesses represent a significant segment of the global economy, contributing to job creation, innovation and economic growth (Zapata-Cantu et al., 2023...

... in the case of four Catalan FBs. In doing so, this article develops propositions based on Institutional Economics Theory and Dynamic Capability Theory, with a focus on innovation and product diversification in family firms. Findings Using interviews as a means of obtaining a large amount of information...

...Giorgia Maria D'Allura; Bannò Mariasole; Emilia Filippi Purpose The paper aims to explore how family involvement influences family firms (FF) decisions to innovate in automation (i.e. artificial intelligence, big data and robotics). Automation implies pronounced emotional significance within...

...Linh H. Nguyen; Dominik K. Kanbach; Sascha Kraus Purpose The purpose of the study is to understand the relationship between family-driven innovation and the incorporation of corporate sustainability in German family firms. Design/methodology/approach The study conducted 26 interviews with 22...

... Findings highlight the individual perspective of dynamic capabilities and family firms, where we identify the main elements that family businesses must be aware of to be more innovative: high knowledge management/social capital, high entrepreneurial mindset/orientation, high tradition (retrospective...

... and innovation of the winery and family succession for future employment and legacy. These three findings highlight the way family business succession is integral to the successfulness of the wine industry. Practical implications Small-to-medium-sized wineries (SMWs) have many challenges including long-term...

...Asdren Toska; Veland Ramadani; Léo-Paul Dana; Gadaf Rexhepi; Jusuf Zeqiri Purpose This study aims to investigate the second-generation successors’ motives to join family businesses and their ability to generate innovation within them. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative methodology...

...Izabella Steinerowska-Streb; Anna Wziątek-Staśko Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the relationship between family firms’ innovation output and the continuous knowledge development of owner-managers. Moreover, the study aims to investigate the effect of the level of owner-managers...

... In this study, 15 family businesses in Japan were explored in the food and beverage, confectionary, services, handicraft, pharmaceuticals and manufacturing sectors. Findings The important sustainability factors identified in this study, innovation, competitive advantage, leadership and team management...

...Udeni Salmon; Kurt Allman Purpose The increasingly competitive manufacturing sector has made innovation crucial for the continued survival of family-owned SMEs. However, family firm owners are highly heterogenous and their diverse characteristics influence their approach to innovation. The purpose...

...Irina Röd Purpose Family firms that simultaneously engage in multiple levels of innovation – incremental and radical – are likely to enjoy performance advantages across generations. The purpose of this paper is to research under which management conditions (i.e. top management team (TMT) diversity...

...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...

...?”. Due to recent criticism regarding the practical relevance of innovation research, the purpose of this paper is to examine whether a similar “ivory divide” prevails in research on innovation in family businesses. More specifically, this paper investigates to what extent and at what depth researchers...

...Jonas Heinrich Steeger; Malte Hoffmann Purpose Research disputes whether family businesses are more or less innovative than their nonfamily counterparts. So far, no consistent results have been achieved. The recently introduced willingness and ability framework suggest that idiosyncratic behavior...

...Josep Llach; Pilar Marquès; Andrea Bikfalvi; Alexandra Simon; Sascha Kraus Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand whether the innovative effort of organizations increases or decreases over time, especially when the competitive environment is changing, as has been the case...