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Innovation Tendencies in Internationalised Family Firms During Periods of Crisis: A Conceptual Framework

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Innovation research forms an emerging field of inquiry within the Family Firm (FF) literature. Numerous studies have suggested factors that influence FFs’ innovative behaviour but this body of work is highly fragmented, with inconsistent findings. Bearing this in mind and also taking into account that innovation can foster FFs’ internationalisation, this work advances the FF internationalisation literature by developing a conceptual framework that provides new explanations on the tendencies of internationalised FFs to innovate, especially in periods of crisis. To develop the proposed conceptual framework, we integrate and discuss papers published in International Business and FF journals, and develop nine propositions based on the family governance heterogeneity logic. The implications of this integrative conceptual framework are discussed.

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    Katerina Kampouri, Yannis Hajidimitriou & Eva Mouratidou

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    Demetris Vrontis

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    Alkis Thrassou

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Kampouri, K., Hajidimitriou, Y., Mouratidou, E. (2022). Innovation Tendencies in Internationalised Family Firms During Periods of Crisis: A Conceptual Framework. In: Vrontis, D., Thrassou, A., Weber, Y., Shams, S.M.R., Tsoukatos, E., Efthymiou, L. (eds) Business Under Crisis, Volume III. Palgrave Studies in Cross-disciplinary Business Research, In Association with EuroMed Academy of Business. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76583-5_11

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