We apply the resource-based view of the firm to the study of family firms by investigating how a family specific resource (reciprocal altruism) and a firm specific resource (innovative capacity) contribute to family firm performance. We then examine how the impact of these resources is moderated...

In this study, family firms are studied from a resource-based view (RBV), examining how both technological resources and altruism contribute to family firm performance.The literature on RBV is presented, as are four hypotheses based on the RBV assets of technology, family, strategic planning,...