Venture capitalists that specialize in providing funds to privately held firms generate their greatest returns from firms that go public. However, we argue that the technology regime of an industry affects the extent of knowledge asymmetries between different types of owners and subsequently the...

We examine institutional pressures as antecedents of environmental innovation. Drawing on institutional theory and a resource-based view of the firm, we argue that regulatory and normative forces influence companies' propensity to innovate in environment-related projects. Furthermore, we suggest...

This study examines family firms' propensity to protect their intellectual property through patents. Building on the mixed gamble logic of the behavioral agency model, we theorize that family ownership has a U-shaped relationship with firm propensity to patent. Specifically, we argue that family...