Innovativeness and family-firm performance: The moderating effect of family commitment

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 102, Issue , 2016, Pages 120-131

  Hatak, Isabella ^a,c   Kautonen, Teemu ^b,e   Fink, Matthias ^c,e   Kansikas, Juha ^d  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Entrepreneurship; Family business; Innovativeness; Performance

Indexed keywords

TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMMITMENT; ENTREPRENEURSHIP; FAMILY BUSINESS; INNOVATIVENESS; PERFORMANCE;

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION;

EID: 84949533743     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2015.02.020     Document Type: Article

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