"De-Familization" and Family Business Innovation

Innovation through Storytelling in the Family-owned Business

Innovation and learning are both considered vital for a firm’s ability to prosper. In studies of organizational culture, the family-owned business is a unique context that provides the opportunity to study the tension between exploitation and exploration in the learning and innovation processes. Organizational stories are one way in which cultures are sustained over time. This paper examines ho...

Tqm and Business Innovation

Business innovation, that is, the adaptation of management systems to the changing conditions of the environment, is a key factor for organisations if they wish to survive and grow. Total Quality Management (TQM) has demonstrated its potential to be a successful way for organisations to eliminate costs, improve productivity and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. However, are TQM and bu...

Business Innovation Observatory

Innovation in Business Groups

U novel data on European firms, this paper investigates the relationship between business groups and innovation. Controlling for various firm characteristics, we find that group affiliates are more innovative than standalones. We examine several hypotheses to explain this finding, focusing on group internal capital markets and knowledge spillovers. We find that group affiliation is particularly...

Business Model Innovation

This chapter offers a broad review of the literature at the nexus between Business Models and innovation studies and examines the notion of Business Model Innovation in three different situations: Business Model Design in newly formed organizations, Business Model Reconfiguration in incumbent firms, and Business Model Innovation in the broad context of sustainability. Tools and perspectives to ...