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Introduction: Presenting the Case for Studying the Emergence and Development of Family Business Groups Kapitel lesen Erstes Kapitel lesen

2019 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

12. The Contribution of Family Business Groups to the Local Innovation Environment

verfasst von : Suvi Konsti-Laakso, Jussi Heikkilä, Marita Rautiainen, Satu Rinkinen, Naveed Akhter

Erschienen in: The Family Business Group Phenomenon

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Abstract

Family firms and family business groups and their role in the local business community are largely unexplored territory in the field of family business as well in the field of regional innovation systems. The focus of this chapter is in regional innovation system and particularly in how family firms and family business groups are embedded in this system. The main research question is what is the role of family business groups for the regional innovation system? The present study is also among the first to analyse the intellectual property rights (IPRs) filing activity by family business groups. Descriptive empirical analysis indicates that family business groups are among the top regional innovators.

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Vorheriges Kapitel Governance in Family Business Groups: Resolving Multiple Contingencies to Sustain Entrepreneurial Capability
Nächstes Kapitel Resilience and Family Business Groups in Unstable Economies
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Furthermore, we reviewed the webpages of Lahti Industrial Association (Lahden Teollisuusseura ry) and the Family Business Association (Perheyritysten Liitto ry) in order to crosscheck our classifications.
 
2
A more detailed list, including the subsidiaries of the listed family business groups, is available from the authors upon request.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
The Contribution of Family Business Groups to the Local Innovation Environment
verfasst von
Suvi Konsti-Laakso
Jussi Heikkilä
Marita Rautiainen
Satu Rinkinen
Naveed Akhter
Copyright-Jahr
2019
Verlag
Springer International Publishing
Buch
The Family Business Group Phenomenon

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-98541-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-98542-8

Copyright-Jahr: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98542-8_12

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