Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 26 Issue 2

Knowledge management in family firms: opening the black box and suggestions for future research

Unai Arzubiaga, Alfredo De Massis, Nadine Kammerlander, Frank Hoy

Knowledge management in family firms: a systematic review, integrated insights and future research opportunities

Emma Su, Joshua Daspit

The literature related to knowledge management (KM) is robust with respect to insights regarding firms in general. However, less is known about the KM of family firms despite…

Knowledge management in family business succession: current trends and future directions

Bingbing Ge, Giovanna Campopiano

This paper aims to review the literature on knowledge management in the family business, addressing the research question as follows: “How is knowledge managed across generations…

Exchanging knowledge in the TMT to realize more innovation opportunities: what can family firms do?

Emanuela Rondi, Paola Rovelli

This paper aims to examine the influence that family firms’ top management team (TMT) behavior and characteristics exert on their innovation opportunity realization.

Pragmatic learning in family SMEs: a qualitative study of functional overload among family SME owner-managers

Stephanie Querbach, Nadine Kammerlander, Jagdip Singh, Matthias Waldkirch

Learning in organizations is well-recognized as a key determinant of innovation and success in competitive markets, and a rich literature examines learning mechanisms in…

Family ownership and cooperative R&D: the moderating effect of political ties

Feng Dong, Xiao Wang, Jiawen Chen

This study aims to investigate the impact of family ownership on cooperative research and development (R&D). Drawing on the ability and willingness paradox framework in family…

Entrepreneurial orientation, competitive advantage and strategic knowledge management capability in Malaysian family firms

Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Mathew Hughes, Murali Sambasivan

The purpose of this study is to test the thesis that the family firm’s success hinges on effective strategic knowledge management (SKM) capability coupled with an entrepreneurial…

The family’s effect on knowledge sharing in family firms

Isabel C. Botero, Ascensión Barroso Martínez, Galván Sanguino, Juliana Binhote

The purpose of this study was to understand how the family system plays a role in knowledge sharing (KS) within family firms. The authors argue that the family’s influence can…