Kraiczy Innovations in Small and Medium-Sized Family Firms

An Analysis of Innovation Related Top Management Team Behaviors and Family Firm-Specific Characteristics
2013
ISBN: 978-3-658-00063-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 173 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Familienunternehmen und KMU

Small and medium-sized firms are a prevalent organizational form in Germany. Their importance for the German economy is indisputable. Most of them are global market leaders in their niches and are considered to be a force for innovation in the German economy. The ability to be innovative in niche markets has been identified as the antecedent of their strong, or even dominant, competitive positions in their industries. The driver of this innovation success may well be the family, which distinguishes family firms from non-family firms. But how can a family influence innovation in a family firm and does this influence have only positive effects? This dissertation focuses on the impact of top management teams on innovations interacting with family firm-specific characteristics.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kraiczy, Nils

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Family firms.- Innovation.- Top Management Teams.- Upper Echelon Theory.- Innovativeness.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Nils Kraiczy wrote his dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack at the INTES Institute for Family Businesses at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar.