Purpose: The aim of this paper is to unpack the nature of business innovation and understand the impact on regional innovation and competitiveness. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on a qualitative study of Advanced Manufacturing and Advanced Materials businesses in the Sheffield...

Purpose: Focusing on the family as the central unit of analysis, the purpose of this paper is to examine how entrepreneurial families, with more than one owner/entrepreneur, utilise social capital in a challenging institutional environment. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical focus of...