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Family ownership, finance for innovation, and exports. Evidence from European micro and small firms

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  • Francesco Aiello
  • Graziella Bonanno
  • Achille Puggioni
  • Stefania P. S. Rossi

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This study focuses on the impact of ownership and the finance for innovation on the exports of micro and small family-owned firms (FFs) compared with nonfamily-owned firms (non-FFs) for 11 European Union countries from 2014 to 2020. The motivation for the study lies in the fact that when combining ownership and innovation, the net effect on exports is not always predictable. Although family ownership negatively affects exports, the gains from innovation are significantly higher for non-FFs than FFs when studying the extensive margin of exports. This implies that the innovation effect is not sufficient to close the export gap for FFs. Regarding the intensive margin of exports, the magnitude of the innovation effect does not differ by firm-type. Thus, FFs show a low intensive margin just because of their ownership. The results hold for different model specifications and individual countries.

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  • Francesco Aiello & Graziella Bonanno & Achille Puggioni & Stefania P. S. Rossi, 2025. "Family ownership, finance for innovation, and exports. Evidence from European micro and small firms," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 34(2), pages 274-301, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ecinnt:v:34:y:2025:i:2:p:274-301
    DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2024.2329263
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