Family Business and Technological Innovation Empirical Insights from the Italian Pharmaceutical Industry /

• Main Authors: Perri, Alessandra (Author), Peruffo, Enzo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Family-owned business enterprises.; Leadership.; Organization.; Planning.; Personnel management.; Management.; Industrial management.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Business and Management.; Family Business.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.; Business Strategy/Leadership.; Human Resource Management.

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 s...

Table of Contents:

• 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.