Alfredo Vittorio De Massis

TL;DR: In this paper, a preliminary model on the factors that prevent intra-family succession is presented, based on a review and analysis of the literature, and the model is applied to the family business literature.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide guidelines for choosing the case study design, defining the unit of analysis, selecting cases (sampling), collecting information, analysing information, presenting results and ensuring validity and reliability in research findings.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review and systematize prior work on technological innovation in family firms and to open up an agenda to guide future research into this promising area.

TL;DR: This paper found that goal diversity in family firms is expressed more strongly in the proximity of generational transitions, triggering social interaction processes through which organizational members contrast their goals, with familial social interactions being more effective than professional social interactions in managing goal diversity toward the formation of collective commitment to family-centered goals.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a framework of how family involvement influences innovation management based on ability (discretion to act) and willingness (disposition to act), two drivers that distinguish family firms from nonfamily firms and lead to heterogeneity among family firms.