Innovation Promoter or Inhibitor? Non-Family CEO's Effect on Innovation in Family Businesses

• Published in: IEEE transactions on engineering management Vol. 70; no. 9; pp. 3143 - 3155
• Main Authors: Chung, Pi-Hui, Lee, Chia-Jung, Wu, Hsueh-Liang, Lee, Cheng-Yu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2023; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Board independence (BI); Business; Chief executive officers; Decision making; Economics; family business; family involvement; Family owned businesses; Industries; innovation investment; Innovations; Investment; Moderators; nonfamily chief executive officer (NFC); Research and development; Technological innovation

Increasing scholarly and practical attention is being paid to determining whether a nonfamily chief executive officer (NFC) is a remedy for the lack of firm innovativeness in the face of ever-changing markets. Departing from the inconclusive findings of NFC research, this article aims to revisit the...