Family Businesses and Digital Entrepreneurship Adoption: A Conceptual Model
Sami Basly and
Amira Hammouda
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 2020, vol. 29, issue 2, 326-364
Abstract:
Despite the prevalence of family businesses around the world, research on their contribution to the digital economy is still needed. A primary appraisal of the characteristics of the family business and the features of digital entrepreneurship suggests that the two phenomena are conflicting. Indeed, the most common descriptions of family businesses convey the idea that they favour stability to change and slow evolutions to upheavals and disruptions. This article attempts to answer the question: How could family businesses embrace the values and overcome the hindrances to digital entrepreneurship? To this end, this article suggests a conceptual model of digital entrepreneurship adoption in family firms. Based on the socioemotional wealth logic, we first describe the main variables influencing digital entrepreneurship adoption and then analyse the moderating influence of family involvement in the firm on the relationships between these variables and digital entrepreneurship adoption. Theoretical contributions and practical insights are presented.
Keywords: Family firms; digital entrepreneurship; digital transformation; socio-emotional wealth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/0971355720930573
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