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TY - JOUR
T1 - Motivation gaps and implementation traps
T2 - the paradoxical and time-varying effects of family ownership on firm absorptive capacity
AU - Kotlar, Josip
AU - De Massis, Alfredo
AU - Frattini, Federico
AU - Kammerlander, N.
N1 - This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Kotlar, J. , De Massis, A. , Frattini, F. and Kammerlander, N. (2019), Motivation Gaps and Implementation Traps: The Paradoxical and Time‐Varying Effects of Family Ownership on Firm Absorptive Capacity. J Prod Innov Manag. doi:10.1111/jpim.12503 which has been published in final form at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpim.12503 This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - We present a theoretical framework of family ownership as a driver of the heterogeneity (between‐firm differences) and variability (within‐firm differences over time) of absorptive capacity (AC). Building on our analysis of the multiple dimensions of family owner influence on firm behavior and the mechanisms that can shape the firm willingness and ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit external knowledge, we introduce the concepts of motivation gap and implementation gap to explain why, paradoxically, family ownership can cause both upward and downward divergences in AC. Our contingency framework identifies conditions under which the positive and negative effects of family ownership on AC are likely to prevail and adds a temporal perspective suggesting that AC varies depending on the duration of family ownership and ownership succession.
AB - We present a theoretical framework of family ownership as a driver of the heterogeneity (between‐firm differences) and variability (within‐firm differences over time) of absorptive capacity (AC). Building on our analysis of the multiple dimensions of family owner influence on firm behavior and the mechanisms that can shape the firm willingness and ability to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit external knowledge, we introduce the concepts of motivation gap and implementation gap to explain why, paradoxically, family ownership can cause both upward and downward divergences in AC. Our contingency framework identifies conditions under which the positive and negative effects of family ownership on AC are likely to prevail and adds a temporal perspective suggesting that AC varies depending on the duration of family ownership and ownership succession.
KW - absorptive capacity
KW - emotional attachment
KW - family firms
KW - power concentration
KW - Motivation gap
KW - implementation gap
U2 - 10.1111/jpim.12503
DO - 10.1111/jpim.12503
M3 - Journal article
VL - 37
SP - 2
EP - 25
JO - The Journal of Product Innovation Management
JF - The Journal of Product Innovation Management
SN - 0737-6782
IS - 1
ER -