Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/230196 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Management Studies [ISSN:] 1467-6486 [Volume:] 58 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Wiley [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 135-164
Publisher: 
Wiley, Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
Digital transformation increasingly requires activities located outside firm boundaries, for example via alliances with start-up companies. Despite this, German Mittelstand firms, primarily owned and managed by enterprising families and seen as role models of innovation, appear reluctant to place strategic emphasis on venturing outside the firm’s boundaries when it comes to digital transformation. Drawing on the concepts of identity and communication patterns, we theorize on the mechanisms behind this behaviour. Applying structural equation modelling to a sample of 254 members of the next generation in enterprising families from Germany, we find that family communication patterns impact the strategic priority for or against external corporate venturing via identity-related considerations.
Subjects: 
digital transformation
enterprising families
external corporate venturing
identity
family communication patterns
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