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The Contribution of Family Business Groups to the Local Innovation Environment
Suvi Konsti-laaksoSatu RinkinenNaveed AkhterJussi HeikkiläMarita Rautiainensubject
Focus (computing)family businesslocal innovation environmentFamily businessBusiness communityField (Bourdieu)05 social sciencesIntellectual propertyRegional innovation systempaikallisuusRegional innovation systeminnovaatiotFamily business groups0502 economics and businessBusinessInnovations050207 economicsMarketingIntellectual property rightsinnovaatioympäristöResearch question050203 business & managementPatentsperheyrityksetdescription
Family firms and family business groups and their role in the local business community are largely unexplored territory in the field of family business as well in the field of regional innovation systems. The focus of this chapter is in regional innovation system and particularly in how family firms and family business groups are embedded in this system. The main research question is what is the role of family business groups for the regional innovation system? The present study is also among the first to analyse the intellectual property rights (IPRs) filing activity by family business groups. Descriptive empirical analysis indicates that family business groups are among the top regional innovators. Post-print / Final draft
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-10-31 |