Digitalisation and Environmental Orientation: Implications for Family Firm Performance

María Jesús Nieto
Luis Santamaría

Abstract

This study addresses theoretically and empirically different consequences of digitalisation in the context of family firms. Firstly, we analyse the impact that digitalisation has on family firm performance. Secondly, we explore whether digitalisation is a driver of environmental sustainability orientation in family firms. Finally, we analyse the joint impact that the combination of digitalisation and environmental orientation (duality) exerts on family firm performance. The empirical analysis based on a large and representative sample of Spanish manufacturing firms for the period 2007–2017 allow us to offer ...

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