Delineating the Path of Family Firm Innovation: Mapping the Scientific Structure

María del Pilar Casado-Belmonte (), María de las Mercedes Capobianco-Uriarte (), Rubén Martínez-Alonso () and María J. Martínez-Romero ()
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María del Pilar Casado-Belmonte: University of Almeria
María de las Mercedes Capobianco-Uriarte: University of Almeria
Rubén Martínez-Alonso: University of Almeria
María J. Martínez-Romero: University of Almeria

Review of Managerial Science, 2021, vol. 15, issue 8, No 11, 2455-2499

Abstract: Abstract Research on family firm innovation (FFI) has grown exponentially in recent years, as evidenced by the growing number of authors devoted to its study. However, to date, numerous questions remain unsolved about how family firms are coping with different innovation issues. In this context, this study aims to explore the scientific literature on FFI through performance indicators of scientific production, social networks of collaborations between authors and the intellectual and conceptual structures of the field. To accomplish this goal, bibliometric techniques are conducted, namely co-author, co-citation and co-word analyses. This study is carried out through a review of 975 published documents on FFI retrieved from the Web of Science and Scopus databases during the period 1987–2019. The findings reveal the richness of the FFI field and allows this large body of work to be organized into four theoretical roots and five thematic clusters. Additionally, this study proposes an integrative framework aimed at advancing new knowledge on the available research paths on FFI and identifying new research avenues to further develop the field. Hence, our research enriches the lively debate on FFI by offering a better understanding of the heterogeneous innovation behaviour of family firms.

Keywords: Innovation; Family firms; Co-authorship; Co-word analysis; Co-citation; Bibliometrics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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