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Does family ownership affect innovation activity? A focus on the biotechnological industry
¿Se ve afectada la innovación por la propiedad familiar? Una aproximación a la industria de la biotecnología
A INOVACÂO É AFETADA PELA PROPRIEDADE FAMILIAR? UMA APROXI-MACÂO À INDÚSTRIA DA BIOTECNOLOGIA
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https://doi.org/10.15446/innovar.v27n65.64886Palabras clave:
Family firms, innovative activity, Resource-based View, cluster analysis. (en)empresas familiares, actividad innovadora, enfoque basado en recursos, análisis de clusters (es)
abordagem baseada em recursos, análise de clusters, atividade inovadora, empresas familiares (pt)
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This paper investigates if family ownership affects the firm’s innovation activity. It characterizes familiar and innovative firms using the Resource-based View of the firm and the relevant factors to innovate and gain competitive advantages. In particular, the purpose is identifying the profile of innovative firms and analyzing if family ownership is a characteristic related to their innovative activity. To achieve this objective, we have applied a cluster analysis methodology in a sample of companies of the Spanish biotechnological industry in which innovation is core. The results show the relevance of the family characteristics on the characterization of those innovative firms, contributing to clarify the existing inconclusive literature between family and innovation, and helping stakeholders and policy-makers to make decisions about inversion or transference of knowledge which would help to improve competitiveness and promote socio-economic changes.
Este artículo analiza si la propiedad familiar de una firma influye en su actividad de innovación. Para tales efectos, se caracterizaron empresas familiares e innovadoras que operan bajo el enfoque basado en recursos, así como los factores relevantes en sus procesos de innovación y de generación de ventajas competitivas. Específicamente, el objetivo de este trabajo es identificar el perfil de las empresas innovadoras y analizar si la propiedad familiar es una característica relacionada con sus iniciativas de innovación. Para lograr este objetivo, se aplicó una metodología de análisis de clústeres en una muestra de empresas de la industria biotecnológica española, dentro de la cual la innovación es un factor clave. Los resultados muestran la importancia de las características de las familias en la consolidación de empresas innovadoras, contribuyendo a precisar aportes no concluyentes en la literatura acerca de la relación familia-innovación. Así mismo, los resultados pretenden ayudar a los stakeholders y a los responsables de las políticas organizacionales en sus procesos de toma de decisiones frente a asuntos relacionados con la inversión o transferencia de conocimiento, en procura de mejorar factores de la competitividad y promover cambios socioeconómicos.
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