Portfolio entrepreneurship in family firms: a resource-based perspective
Philipp Sieger, Thomas Zellweger, Robert S. Nason, Eric Clinton
Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal · 2011 · Volume 5 · Issue 4
Abstract
The phenomenon of portfolio entrepreneurship has attracted considerable scholarly attention and is particularly relevant in the family firm context. However, there is a lack of knowledge of the process through which portfolio entrepreneurship develops in family firms. We address this gap by analyzing four in-depth, longitudinal family firm case studies from Europe and Latin America. Using a resource-based perspective, we identify six distinct resource categories that are relevant to the portfolio entrepreneurship process. Furthermore, we reveal that their importance varies across time. Our resulting resource-based process model of portfolio entrepreneurship in family firms makes valuable contributions to both theory and practice. Copyright © 2011 Strategic Management Society.
Keywords
portfolio entrepreneurship, family firms, resource-based view
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