The Influence of Organizational Social Capital on Strategic Behavior : An Explorative Study of Family Firms' Innovativeness
Type
conference paper
Date Issued
2012-05-11
Author(s)
Abstract
Social capital has been envisaged as an important theoretical perspective to explain the essence and behavior of family firms. By drawing on empirical evidence from multiple case studies in the German publishing sector, I explore how utilization of different forms of organizational social capital affects family firms' innovativeness in times of uncertainty, thereby revealing positive and negative implications of utilization of organizational social capital. I find that building on firm-internal bonding ties fosters innovativeness, whereas drawing on external bridging ties impedes innovativeness. Furthermore, my results provide evidence that usage of internal ties is most pronounced in firms with medium family influence.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Behavior Issues and Micro-processes in Family Enterprises
Publisher
The University of Vermont
Publisher place
Vermont
Start page
1
End page
5
Pages
5
Event Title
8th Annual Family Enterprise Research Conference (FERC)
Event Location
Montreal
Event Date
11.-13.05.2012
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
210487