The Impact of Shared Stories on Family Firm Innovation
通过多案例研究，探讨家族成员间代际共享的故事如何影响企业创新，提出创始人聚焦的故事与创新负相关，而家庭聚焦的故事与创新正相关，并受决策选项范围、代际权力分配和家庭冲突的中介作用。
Innovation is a key determinant of long-term success for family firms. We apply a multiple case study research design to investigate the relationship between stories that are shared among family members across generations and the family firms’ innovations. We derive a set of four propositions suggesting that founder focus in stories is negatively and family focus is positively associated with innovation. We further propose that these relationships are mediated by the scope of decision-making options, the distribution of decision-making power between generations, and the role of conflict in the families.