Family firms constantly operate in search of a delicate balance between economic rationality and the preservation of their socioemotional wealth. This study investigates how such an orientation influences strategic choices in a capital-intensive and hyper-competitive context like the global chemical industry. Specifically, this work examines the complex interrelationships among the family nature of the firms, choices regarding sources of financing, and innovative performance. Through a longitudinal empirical investigation conducted on a sample of 274 firms operating in the global chemical sector, observed over a nineteen-year time horizon (2007-2025), the research tests six relationships using econometric regression models. The results of the analysis outline an extremely conservative strategic profile: the protection of independence and the stubborn maintenance of control drive family chemical firms to reduce risk exposure and, consequently, to limit their innovative propensity. Statistical evidence therefore confirms how the desire to protect socioemotional wealth constitutes the primary decision-making driver, generating direct and profound impacts on choices related to capital structure and the ability to generate long-term innovation.
Le imprese familiari operano costantemente alla ricerca di un delicato equilibrio tra razionalità economica e preservazione del proprio capitale socio-emotivo. Questo studio indaga come tale orientamento influenzi le scelte strategiche in un contesto capital-intensive e iper-competitivo come quello dell’industria chimica mondiale. Nello specifico, il lavoro esamina le complesse interrelazioni tra la natura familiare delle imprese, le scelte relative alle fonti di finanziamento e le performance innovative. Attraverso un’indagine empirica longitudinale condotta su un campione di 274 imprese operanti nel comparto chimico globale, osservate lungo un orizzonte temporale di diciannove anni (2007-2025), la ricerca verifica sei relazioni mediante l’utilizzo di modelli econometrici di regressione. I risultati dell’analisi delineano un profilo strategico estremamente conservativo: la tutela dell’indipendenza e il mantenimento ostinato del controllo spingono le imprese chimiche familiari a ridurre l’esposizione al rischio e, conseguentemente, a limitare la propensione innovativa. L’evidenza statistica conferma, dunque, come la volontà di proteggere il capitale socio-emotivo costituisca il principale driver decisionale e generi impatti diretti e profondi sulle scelte relative alla struttura del capitale e sulla capacità di generare innovazione nel lungo periodo.
IMPRESE FAMILIARI, FONTI DI FINANZIAMENTO E INNOVAZIONE: EVIDENZE EMPIRICHE DALL'INDUSTRIA CHIMICA
GIAMMARRUSTI, MICHELE
2025/2026
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Family firms constantly operate in search of a delicate balance between economic rationality and the preservation of their socioemotional wealth. This study investigates how such an orientation influences strategic choices in a capital-intensive and hyper-competitive context like the global chemical industry. Specifically, this work examines the complex interrelationships among the family nature of the firms, choices regarding sources of financing, and innovative performance. Through a longitudinal empirical investigation conducted on a sample of 274 firms operating in the global chemical sector, observed over a nineteen-year time horizon (2007-2025), the research tests six relationships using econometric regression models. The results of the analysis outline an extremely conservative strategic profile: the protection of independence and the stubborn maintenance of control drive family chemical firms to reduce risk exposure and, consequently, to limit their innovative propensity. Statistical evidence therefore confirms how the desire to protect socioemotional wealth constitutes the primary decision-making driver, generating direct and profound impacts on choices related to capital structure and the ability to generate long-term innovation.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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