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Patents, trade secrets and performance aspirations in family firms
HUSSINGER, Katrin; Issah, Wunnam Basit
2025In Journal of Business Research, 196, p. 115429
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Keywords :
Aspiration gap; Family firms; Mixed gambles; Patents; Trade secrets; Marketing
Abstract :
[en] We investigate whether family ownership is associated with a preference for patents or trade secrets. Using a sample of S&P 500 firms, we show that family ownership is negatively associated with patenting and positively associated with the usage of trade secrets. We further show that both relationships are moderated by firm performance below the aspiration level. These results can be explained with a mixed gambles behavioral agency framework. When family firms perform below their aspiration level, prospective financial gains become relatively more important as compared to current socio-emotional wealth so that patents become more and trade secrets less attractive.
Disciplines :
Strategy & innovation
Author, co-author :
HUSSINGER, Katrin  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Department of Economics and Management (DEM) ; Department of Managerial Strategy and Innovation at KU Leuven, Belgium, and the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Germany
Issah, Wunnam Basit;  University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg ; Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom ; Chair for Family Entrepreneurship and Society, Audencia Business School, Nantes, France
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Patents, trade secrets and performance aspirations in family firms
Publication date :
July 2025
Journal title :
Journal of Business Research
ISSN :
0148-2963
eISSN :
1873-7978
Publisher :
Elsevier Inc.
Volume :
196
Pages :
115429
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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