Family-owned manufacturing SMEs and innovativeness: A comparison between within-family successions and external takeovers
Grundström, C., Öberg, C., & Öhrwall Rönnbäck, A. (2012)
Journal of Family Business Strategy, 3(3), 162-173
Ten case studies (Swedish authors). External owners focus more on growth and new ways of innovating; family successors diversify without abandoning legacy businesses; inherited values create inertia either way. (Abstract source: EconPapers/RePEc.)
Sourcedoi:10.1016/j.jfbs.2012.07.00170 citations (OpenAlex)