How family firms execute open innovation strategies: the Loccioni case

Elena Casprini, Alfredo De Massis, Alberto Di Minin, Federico Frattini, Andrea Piccaluga · 2017 · Journal of Knowledge Management

Summary. This case study of Loccioni, an Italian family firm, reveals how family businesses execute open innovation strategies by managing knowledge flows. The firm developed two distinctive capabilities—imprinting and fraternization—that overcome barriers to acquiring and transferring external knowledge. These capabilities leverage the family firm's unique social capital and goals, demonstrating that family business characteristics can actually enable rather than hinder open innovation success.

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DOI

10.1108/jkm-11-2016-0515

Countries

Italy

Regions

Europe

Categories

innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation

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2026-04-28