Family Business and Technological Innovation [electronic resource] : Empirical Insights from the Italian Pharmaceutical Industry /
Perri, Alessandra.author.
Peruffo, Enzo.author.
This book explores technological innovation in family firms, seeking to reconstruct the links between the heterogeneous dimensions of family businesses and their innovative behaviour. Building on and examining the traditional view of family firms as conservative, this book contributes to knowledge surrounding the puzzling role of family firms in technological innovation, with particular focus on the Italian pharmaceutical industry. The authors explore technological advances within the industry in connection with various features of family governance. This thought-provoking study is divided into two parts, the first part providing an overview of  current literature on the topic, and the second part analysing the findings of empirical investigation in a specific industry setting. Practitioners and academics of business strategy will find this book extremely useful as it combines both solid theoretical reasoning and robust empirical analysis.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical Perspectives on Family Firms -- 3. Innovation in Family Firms: Critical Review of Theoretical and Empirical Literature -- 4. Family-Firm Innovation in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry -- 5. Family Business and Technological Innovation: Evidence from the Italian Pharmaceutical Industry -- 6. Concluding Remarks and Avenues for Future Research.
This book explores technological innovation in family firms, seeking to reconstruct the links between the heterogeneous dimensions of family businesses and their innovative behaviour. Building on and examining the traditional view of family firms as conservative, this book contributes to knowledge surrounding the puzzling role of family firms in technological innovation, with particular focus on the Italian pharmaceutical industry. The authors explore technological advances within the industry in connection with various features of family governance. This thought-provoking study is divided into two parts, the first part providing an overview of  current literature on the topic, and the second part analysing the findings of empirical investigation in a specific industry setting. Practitioners and academics of business strategy will find this book extremely useful as it combines both solid theoretical reasoning and robust empirical analysis.
Family-owned business enterprises.
Management.
Industrial management.
Pharmaceutical technology.
Leadership.
Organization.
Planning.
Personnel management.
Family Business.
Innovation/Technology Management.
Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.
Business Strategy/Leadership.
Organization.
Human Resource Management.