A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
Exploring Relationships among Proactiveness, Risk-Taking and Innovation Output in Family and Non-Family Firms
Julkaisun tekijät: Justin B. Craig, Mikko Pohjola, Sascha Kraus, Søren H. Jensen
Kustantaja: John Wiley & Sons
Julkaisuvuosi: 2014
Journal: Creativity and Innovation Management
Lehden akronyymi: CIM
Volyymi: 23
Julkaisunumero: 2
Sivujen määrä: 12
eISSN: 1467-8691
Tiivistelmä
In an empirical investigation of 532 Finnish firms, and using the entrepreneurial orientation
(EO) literature to frame our arguments, we demonstrate that relationships among proactivity,
risk-taking and innovation output differ in family and non-family firms. Specifically, we find
evidence that risk-taking does not affect innovation output in family firms, whereas in nonfamily
firms, innovation output is increased through risk-taking. Also, proactive family firms
influence their innovation output more positively than proactive non-family firms do. This
study adds important new insights to the growing knowledge of EO, which are discussed in
the following for both academic and business audiences.
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