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Knowledge transfer in family businesses and its effects on the innovativeness of the next family generation

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  • Marina Letonja
  • Mojca Duh

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Processes of transferring, interacting, sharing and converting knowledge are of crucial importance in any firm due to their influence on innovations. These processes are especially challenging during the family business succession. A theory-building qualitative study was undertaken to extend our understanding of the dynamics of the knowledge transfer process and its effects on the successor’s innovativeness. The findings of the in-depth analysis of 10 family SMEs show that tacit knowledge transferred from a founder to a successor is important but not sufficient for enhancing the successor’s innovativeness. It should be combined with the knowledge gained outside the family business. Several propositions were developed that provide basis for future confirmatory research and have implications for practice by providing useful findings to key stakeholders in family businesses as well as to professionals dealing with innovativenness, knowledge transfer and creation in family businesses.

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  • Marina Letonja & Mojca Duh, 2016. "Knowledge transfer in family businesses and its effects on the innovativeness of the next family generation," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(2), pages 213-224, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:14:y:2016:i:2:p:213-224
    DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2015.25
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    1. Jahmurataj, Veton & Ramadani, Veland & Bexheti, Abdylmenaf & Rexhepi, Gadaf & Abazi-Alili, Hyrije & Krasniqi, Besnik A., 2023. "Unveiling the determining factors of family business longevity: Evidence from Kosovo," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 159(C).
    2. Laura Zapata-Cantu & Ramón Sanguino & Ascensión Barroso & Laura Nicola-Gavrilă, 2023. "Family Business Adapting a New Digital-Based Economy: Opportunities and Challenges for Future Research," Journal of the Knowledge Economy, Springer;Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology (PICMET), vol. 14(1), pages 408-425, March.
    3. Juliana R. Baltazar & Cristina I. Fernandes & Veland Ramadani & Mathew Hughes, 2023. "Family business succession and innovation: a systematic literature review," Review of Managerial Science, Springer, vol. 17(8), pages 2897-2920, November.
    4. Susanne Durst & Samuel Foli & Ingi Runar Edvardsson, 2024. "A systematic literature review on knowledge management in SMEs: current trends and future directions," Management Review Quarterly, Springer, vol. 74(1), pages 263-288, February.
    5. Nieto, María Jesús & Santamaria, Luis & Bammens, Yannick, 2023. "Digitalization as a facilitator of open innovation: Are family firms different?," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).

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