Abstract: Our research comes within the studies concerning innovation strategies. The aim of the paper is to define a set of innovation behaviors, by analyzing patent data. The work contributes to the current literature on innovation management by providing an integrated framework which detects four dimensions of innovation processes (core vs. non-core, exploitation vs. exploration, closed vs. open, incremental vs. radical) and describes how companies manage technological evolution and organize R AND D activities from a quantitative point of view. The methodology is tested on a sample of 98 R AND D intense companies from the bio-pharmaceutical industry, by analyzing 10,983 patents applied in 2012.

• Publication Date: 26-Oct-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-032-3-107
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Abstract: This paper discusses the theoretical models which explain the discrimination against non-family members in small and medium-sized family firms, starting from the results of qualitative and longitudinal research carried out in a sample of SMEs (N = 12). This article also discusses the causes and reasons for such discriminatory behaviour. However, the findings of this research and the review of the scarce existent empirical literature, suggest that discriminatory behaviour against non-family members is confirmed but is a non-automatic phenomenon typical of family SMEs. Therefore, it seems to be necessary to integrate organizational and managerial approaches with more complex insights derived from the social psychology of inter-group relations.

• Publication Date: 26-Oct-2014
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-032-3-108
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