Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVIII

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-14

3. Theoretical Background

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   Pages 15-59

4. Theorizing—Towards a Conceptual Framework of Family Influence and Adoption of Discontinuous Technological Change

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   Pages 61-99

5. Empirical Evidence on how Family Influence Affects Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change

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   Pages 101-171

6. Empirical Evidence on how Organizational Identity affects Organizational Adaptation to Discontinuous Technological Change

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   Pages 173-259

7. Summary

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   Pages 261-274

8. Back Matter

   Pages 275-334

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​Adaptation to discontinuous technological change constitutes a major, yet vincible challenge for established companies. This book 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 as presented in the book further shows how organizational identity affects whether and in what way firms adapt to radical shifts in their environment.

• Anpassung an Wandel
• Familienunternehmen
• Identität von Organisationen
• Innovationen

• , Center for Family Business, University of St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland

  Nadine Kammerlander

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.

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