Given the fundamental importance of innovation capabilities for firms’ competitiveness worldwide, in this paper we contribute to filling the research gap in the literature on the innovation processes carried out by family firms, focusing in particular on product innovation strategies. We first...

This present research aims at investigating how “knowledge-related human capital” can be accumulated, i.e. created, shared and transferred, in family business over time. “Knowledge-related human capital” is viewed as pure knowledge and skill which family members have gained and developed...

Understanding the forces that support and inhibit product development (PD) in family firms is central to explaining their long-term success and survival. Our study reveals that social capital and relational conflict among family members do not affect PD directly, as existing theory suggests, but...