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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438065703321

Autore

Kammerlander Nadine

Titolo

Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change [[electronic resource] ] : The Effects of Family Influence and Organizational Identity / / by Nadine Kammerlander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer Gabler, , 2013

ISBN

3-658-01315-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 p.)

Collana

Familienunternehmen und KMU, , 2520-1174

Disciplina

658.4062

658.5/14

658.514

Soggetti

Business

Management science

Business and Management, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Discontinuous technological change -- Family Businesses and family influence -- Conceptual framework of family influence and adoption of discontinuous technological change -- Empirical evidence.

Sommario/riassunto

Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. Nadine Kammerlander reveals crucial differences between the challenges that family-owned and managed firms face as compared to non-family firms. Series of case studies in the German retailing and book publishing industries illustrate those differences. Empirical evidence further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment.    Der Inhalt ·         Discontinuous Technological Change ·         Familiy Businesses and Familiy Influence ·         Empirical Evidence on how Family Influence and on how Organizational Identity Affects Organization Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change    Die Zielgruppen ·        Researchers and students in the fields of management, entrepreneurship, strategy and family businesses ·         Owners and



managers of family businesses as well as consultants of family firms     Die AutorIn Dr. Nadine Kammerlander wrote der dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Björn Ivens at the Chair of Marketing at the University of Bamberg. She works as a post-doc researcher at the Center for Family Business, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.    About the Editors The series Familienunternehmen und KMU is edited by Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack, Prof. Dr. Andrea Calabrò, Prof. Dr. Hermann Frank, Prof. Dr. Franz W. Kellermanns Ph.D. and Prof. Dr. Thomas Zellweger.