DocumentCode
529073
Title
Advantage of innovation creation in family business and implications to incumbents
Author
Namba, Masanori
Author_Institution
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific Univ., Oita, Japan
fYear
2010
fDate
18-22 July 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
12
Abstract
In this paper a family business is defined as "a business that is controlled by the founding family". The aim of this paper is to clarify the unique advantages of family businesses in innovation creation, especially in radical innovation, compared to those of non-family businesses. The data for this study is collected from secondary sources and from interviews with top managements and managers of the companies analyzed as case studies.
Keywords
commerce; innovation management; family business; innovation creation; radical innovation; top managements; Companies; Industries; Solid modeling; Springs; Subcontracting; Technological innovation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Technology Management for Global Economic Growth (PICMET), 2010 Proceedings of PICMET '10:
Conference_Location
Phuket
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8203-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-890843-21-2
Type
conf
Filename
5602188
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