The role of family firm specific resources in innovation: an integrative literature review and framework

Anne Heider (), Marcel Hülsbeck () and Leopold Schlenk-Barnsdorf ()
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Anne Heider: Witten/Herdecke University
Marcel Hülsbeck: Witten/Herdecke University
Leopold Schlenk-Barnsdorf: Witten/Herdecke University

Management Review Quarterly, 2022, vol. 72, issue 2, No 7, 483-530

Abstract: Abstract Family firms are the prevalent form of entrepreneurial organizations worldwide. While even long-lasting and successful family firms are said to invest less in innovation, their innovation output varies according to their heterogeneity often matching or even exceeding the output of other incumbent firms. These contradictory results have confused entrepreneurship and innovation researchers alike. Based on an integrative literature review we develop a conceptual framework to explain the role of family firm specific resources for innovation. Our analysis of 48 peer-reviewed empirical articles drawn from a body of 466 published empirical papers shows how our integrative perspective helps to solve these existing contradictions. We argue that higher investments into these family firm specific resources trigger a virtuous circle in family firm innovation.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial firms; Family firm; Innovation; Family firm resources; Conceptual framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L10 L26 O30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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