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Absorptive capacity in family firms: exploring the role of the CEO
(Emerald, 2024) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Kotlar, Josip; Caicedo Leitón, Ana Lucía; Larraza Kintana, Martín; Frattini, Federico; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
Purpose: Absorptive capacity (AC), the ability to leverage external knowledge for innovation, helps explain the mixed findings on family firms' innovation performance. Our research focuses on the CEO's role - whether family or non-family, and founding or later generation - in influencing AC. We also explore how firm size and environmental dynamism affect these relationships, offering insights into varying AC levels among family firms. Design/methodology/approach: OLS regression models were estimated to test the hypotheses using a sample of 364 family firms in Spain. Findings: Family firms¿ absorptive capacity is greater when the CEO is a family member, and even more so when the family CEO belongs to the founding family generation. While AC diminishes in larger family firms this effect is mitigated when the CEO is a family member. The predicted moderating effect of environmental dynamisms is not supported by the analyses. Originality: This paper adds insights about the drivers of heterogeneity in innovation among family firms, addressing recent calls for more nuanced views of how family members drive the strategic behavior of the business, and incorporating considerations of different types of family firms based on the identity of the firm CEO. The results overall support the theoretical claims, but also open up important questions for future studies.
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Sistemas de trabajo de alto rendimiento y productividad: el papel de la orientación emprendedora
(Ministerio de Industria, Comercio y Turismo, 2019) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Caicedo Leitón, Ana Lucía; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
Las prácticas innovadoras de recursos humanos denominadas como «Sistemas de trabajo de alto rendimiento» (STAR) y su estudio, es un tema de creciente interés, siendo objeto de numerosas investigaciones que reivindican la importancia de su implementación en las organizaciones. Desde los nuevos paradigmas como la economía basada en el conocimiento, se plantea reconocer a las personas como activos intangibles que generan valor a la empresa y que a su vez permiten el crecimiento económico (Steinmueller, 2002). La incorporación de activos intangibles en las empresas aparece como un determinante cada vez más importante de la mejora de la competitividad de las empresas y de su crecimiento económico.
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Are family firms really more socially responsible?
(SAGE, 2014) Cruz, Cristina; Larraza Kintana, Martín; Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Berrone, Pascual; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
This paper conducts an empirical study as to whether family firms are more socially responsible than their non-family counterparts, and explores the conditions in which this difference in social behavior occurs. We argue that family firms, given their socioemotional wealth bias, have a positive effect on social dimensions linked to external stakeholders, yet have a negative impact on internal social dimensions. Thus, family firms can be socially responsible and irresponsible at the same time. We also suggest that institutional and organizational conditions act as catalysts in the relationship between firm type and CSR. General support for our thesis that family firms neglect internal social dimensions came from the study of a sample of 598 listed European firms over a period of 4 years. Moreover, while national standards and industry conditions influence the degree of CSR in non-family firms, these factors do not affect family firms. However, family firms’ social activities are more sensitive to declining organizational performance.
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Editorial note: heterogeneity in management and governance in family firms
(Elsevier, 2023) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE
Heterogeneity within family firms has emerged as a pivotal area of research interest. This special edition of The Journal of High Technology Management Research makes a significant contribution to the existing body of knowledge on the diversity found within family-run enterprises, with a specific emphasis on the variances in governance and management structures. In this introductory piece, the proposition is put forth that family governance, encompassing both ownership and management, alongside the decisions guiding governance practices, plays a pivotal role in driving diversity within family businesses. This exploration delves into multiple facets of heterogeneity within family firms. The subsequent content of this issue comprises four studies that illuminate the impact of governance on diverse aspects, including the intergenerational transmission of knowledge, innovation in products and processes, strategic maneuvers, and the distinctive governance structures prevalent in Latin American family businesses. Furthermore, this discourse extends beyond the findings presented in these studies by delving into uncharted realms of research, focusing on the disparities evident in the contextual settings and governance mechanisms adopted by different family firms.
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When do women make a better table? Examining the influence of women directors on family firm's corporate social performance
(SAGE Publications, 2019) Cruz, Cristina; Justo, Rachida; Larraza Kintana, Martín; Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE; Gestión de Empresas
Our paper seeks to further understand the influence of gender board diversity on firms' corporate social performance (CPS) in the context of publicly held family firms. Grounded on corporate governance and family firm literature, we argue that the influence of women directors on CSP will be contingent on their relative power and legitimacy within the board, and that such dynamics are particularly important in family firm boardrooms. Our empirical results show that increases in CSP associated with the presence of women in the boards of family firms are due mainly to the presence of outsider nonfamily and insider family women directors. Implications for the theory of family firms are discussed.
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Family firms: the role of non-economic factors
(2015) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Larraza Kintana, Martín; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
En esta tesis se estudia el papel de los factores no económicos en la toma de decisiones de las empresas familiares y las compara así con las decisiones tomadas por las empresas no familiares. Analiza los factores no económicos en distintas bases de datos y a través de diferentes variables económicas, como son: la orientación emprendedora, la responsabilidad social corporativa y la satisfacción general de la empresa respecto a los resultados económicos. La variedad de contextos económicos, así como la distintas variables analizadas hacen que los resultados sean mucho más consistentes. Además, se utilizan distintos factores moderadores que contribuyen y enriquecen el marco teórico. La tesis no sólo compara las empresas familiares y las no familiares en base a las anteriores variables económicas sino que además es capaz de explicar las variaciones que exiten en los comportamientos dentro de las empresas familiares, contribuyendo al actual debate sobre la heterogeneidad de la empresa familiar. Por último, la tesis amplia el estudio sobre la teoría de la riqueza socioemocional, y su aplicación en la empresa familiar junto con otras teorías que hacen más fácil la comprensión del especial comportamiento de la empresa familiar.
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Sistemas de gestión de personas de alto compromiso (SGPAC) y empresa familiar: ¿son realmente diferentes las empresas familiares?
(Eusko Ikaskuntza-Sociedad de Estudios Vascos., 2013) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Gestión de Empresas; Enpresen Kudeaketa
El presente trabajo analiza si existen diferencias entre las empresas familiares y no familiares en el grado de implementación de sistemas de gestión de personas de alto compromiso en diferentes grupos de empleados. Los resultados indican que las empresas familiares no presentan un grado de implementación de sistemas de gestión de personas de alto compromiso diferentes al de las empresas no familiares.
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The role of entrepreneurial orientation and family control of the firm in the economic recovery of underperforming firms
(Emerald, 2019) Capelleras Segura, Joan Lluís; Contín Pilart, Ignacio; Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; Larraza Kintana, Martín; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE; Gestión de Empresas
Objetivo – El artículo analiza cómo la orientación emprendedora y el control familiar de la empresa influyen en el desempeño de las empresas con bajo rendimiento y cómo contribuyen a su recuperación económica. Diseño/metodología/enfoque – Testamos nuestras hipótesis utilizando una muestra única y representativa de 1,500 pequeñas empresas españolas en industrias de fabricación y servicios de alta y media tecnología. Dada la naturaleza de nuestra variable dependiente, estimamos una serie de modelos de regresión para probar nuestras hipótesis. Además, consideramos dos términos de interacción donde la variable de las empresas de bajo rendimiento interactúa con las empresas familiares y la orientación emprendedora. Hallazgos – Los resultados de nuestros análisis muestran que las empresas con mayor orientación emprendedora y cuya propiedad sea familiar aumentan, por separado, el rendimiento posterior de las empresas, especialmente para las de bajo rendimiento. Originalidad/valor – El estudio contribuye a expandir la literatura sobre las empresas con bajo rendimiento al analizar cómo los factores estratégicos y estructurales impactan en el desempeño de las empresas que enfrentan una recesión económica. También brinda orientación a los profesionales sobre la decisión y los contextos que mejor sirven para la recuperación económica de las empresas con bajo rendimiento.
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How important is family involvement for small companies’ growth?
(Emerald, 2020) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; García Olaverri, Carmen; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE; Gestión de Empresas; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas
Purpose: Our paper seeks to further understand how family involvement in management influences firm growth. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of small high-tech firms, we classify three different types of firms: family firms managed by family-CEOs, family firms managed by non-family CEOs and non-family firms. Findings: Consistent with our expectations, we show that firms managed by family-CEOs have less firm growth in comparison with the other two groups. When the family firm is managed by non-family CEOs, the presence of another family member in management positions has a negative impact on firm growth. Finally, we found that founder-led family firms have better firm growth than descendant-led family firms. Research limitations/implications: Implications for the theory of family firms are discussed. Originality/value: The value of the present study is to analyse in depth the heterogeneity of the family business trying to close the gap by exploring the effect of family involvement on small firm growth. Thus, we will find different behaviours of these family companies, depending on the family member’s presence in management positions.
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The hidden value of intangibles: do CEO characteristics matter?
(Emerald, 2019) Garcés Galdeano, Lucía; García Olaverri, Carmen; Enpresen Kudeaketa; Estatistika, Informatika eta Matematika; Institute for Advanced Research in Business and Economics - INARBE; Gestión de Empresas; Estadística, Informática y Matemáticas
Purpose: A great deal of research has examined the relationship between a single CEO attribute and a single measure of firm performance; no attempts have been made to integrate them to create a more global vision of both. Therefore, trying to answer new calls from Wang et al. (2016) or Liu, Fisher and Chen (2018) about a more global vision of the CEO characteristics, the authors are going to take a step forward to combine different CEO characteristics with different firm performance measure in order to show that a certain managerial profile would have an impact on several variables of firm performance. This paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: Using a sample of 1,236 small firms in high- and medium-high-technology sectors and through the Canonical Correlation Analysis, the authors are able to create different CEO’s profiles that influence on different combinations of firm performance variables. Findings: The authors obtain different CEO’s profiles that influence on different combinations of firm performance variables. Each CEO profile will enhance or diminish one kind of performance measure. The authors found that on the one hand, young, well-educated with external experience CEO profile will enhance innovative performance and firm growth, and on the other hand, old and more internal and external experience CEO profile will enhance the exploitation of external knowledge. Originality/value: Through this analysis, the authors will be able to provide a more comprehensive analysis of the predictions about the role of CEOs in small firms.

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