 The propensity toward inter-organizational cooperation in small- and medium-sized family businessesDaniel Pittino and Francesca Visintin Journal of Family Business Strategy, 2011, vol. 2, issue 2, 57-68 Abstract: The goal of this paper is to explore the propensity toward inter-organizational cooperation in small- and medium-sized family businesses as compared to non-family businesses, and to assess the factors that could influence the establishment of collaborative agreements at the family-business level. We apply transaction governance theories and resource-based views as theoretical perspectives to analyze a sample of 272 Italian family and non-family small- to medium-sized enterprises. Results suggest that family firms are less likely to establish cooperation agreements as compared to non-family firms. Among family firms, cooperation propensity is influenced both by the generation in charge and by the stage of the succession process. Our results contribute to the family business literature, indicating that the inter-organizational strategies of family firms are influenced both by the dynamics of trust formation and by the characteristics of the family-business resource configuration. Date: 2011 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:fambus:v:2:y:2011:i:2:p:57-68 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of Family Business Strategy is currently edited by J.H. Astrachan More articles in Journal of Family Business Strategy from Elsevier |
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