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Hiring family or non-family managers when non-economic (sustainability) goals matter? A multitask agency model
Kragl, Jenny; Palermo, Alberto; Xi, Guoqian; Block, Joern - In: Small Business Economics 61 (2023) 2, pp. 675-700
Nepotism, altruism, lower managerial abilities, and a small pool of qualified family candidates may speak against family management. However, a large share of family-owned firms is run by family managers. Our study develops a theoretical model that provides an explanation for this paradox,...
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Is digitalization a source of innovation? Exploring the role of digital diffusion in SME innovation performance
Hassan, Sohaib S.; Meisner, Konrad; Krause, Kevin; … - In: Small Business Economics 62 (2023) 4, pp. 1469-1491
Drawing on strategic management theory, this study examines the relationship between digitalization and innovation … higher innovation performance, and that absorptive capacity moderates this relationship. To test this relationship, we use a … sample of 1100 German SMEs from the Mannheim Innovation Panel of the Centre for European Economic Research. The results of …
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Artificial intelligence and firm growth — catch-up processes of SMEs through integrating AI into their knowledge bases
Kopka, Alexander; Fornahl, Dirk - In: Small Business Economics 62 (2023) 1, pp. 63-85
opposite of the leapfrogging hypothesis. However, there is evidence for the positive impact of AI on firm innovation, which is … productivity and innovation growth, indicating the need for a finer grained analysis that takes indirect effects - that also could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015190294
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Artificial intelligence and firm growth — catch-up processes of SMEs through integrating AI into their knowledge bases
Kopka, Alexander; Fornahl, Dirk - In: Small Business Economics 62 (2023) 1, pp. 63-85
opposite of the leapfrogging hypothesis. However, there is evidence for the positive impact of AI on firm innovation, which is … productivity and innovation growth, indicating the need for a finer grained analysis that takes indirect effects - that also could …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015371610
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Is digitalization a source of innovation? Exploring the role of digital diffusion in SME innovation performance
Hassan, Sohaib S.; Meisner, Konrad; Krause, Kevin; … - In: Small Business Economics 62 (2023) 4, pp. 1469-1491
Drawing on strategic management theory, this study examines the relationship between digitalization and innovation … higher innovation performance, and that absorptive capacity moderates this relationship. To test this relationship, we use a … sample of 1100 German SMEs from the Mannheim Innovation Panel of the Centre for European Economic Research. The results of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015402121
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An entrepreneurial process perspective on succession in family firms
Nordqvist, Mattias; Wennberg, Karl; Massimo Bau’; … - In: Small Business Economics 40 (2013) 4, pp. 1087-1122
We review and analyze previous literature on succession in family firms from an entrepreneurial process perspective. Through a three-step cluster analysis of 117 published articles on succession in family firms published between 1974 and 2010, we find several themes within which succession can...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010865520
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GEM research: achievements and challenges
Álvarez, Claudia; Urbano, David; Amorós, José - In: Small Business Economics 42 (2014) 3, pp. 445-465
This article analyzes the content and evolution of research based on the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) project. We conducted a rigorous search of articles published in journals within the Thomson Reuters’ Social Sciences Citation Index<Superscript>®</Superscript> through an exploratory analysis focused on...</superscript>
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High-growth firms in changing competitive environments: the US pharmaceutical industry (1963 to 2002)
Mazzucato, Mariana; Parris, Stuart - In: Small Business Economics 44 (2015) 1, pp. 145-170
Firms across sectors and regions are highly skewed in their ability to engage with innovation and even more skewed in … their ability to translate investments in innovation into higher growth. Recent attention has been placed on the importance … of ‘high-growth firms’ (HGF) for innovation policy. Our paper explores under what conditions HGF matter for translating R …
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Why do startups pursue initial coin offerings (ICOs)? The role of economic drivers and social identity on funding choice
Schückes, Magnus; Gutmann, Tobias - In: Small Business Economics 57 (2020) 2, pp. 1027-1052
Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a novel form of funding that has driven billions of dollars into the blockchain ecosystem, potentially challenging traditional funding vehicles such as business angel or venture capital investments. However, little is known of entrepreneurs’ rationales for...
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Fluffy cuffs: SME’s innovation in alliances with buyer firms
Bouncken, Ricarda B.; Ratzmann, Martin; Covin, Jeffrey G. - In: Small Business Economics 61 (2023) 3, pp. 1231-1251
Supplier firms, especially the more resource constraint SMEs, form alliances for product innovation. Supplier firms can … innovation of the SME supplier. The model hypothesizes linear and non-linear effects by relationship intensity and the buyer … associated with greater product innovation of the supplier. Interestingly, less product innovation results when the …
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