A Dynamic Network Model of the Successor's Knowledge Construction From the Resource- and Knowledge-Based View of the Family Firm. (June 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cabrera-Suárez, M. Katiuska; García-Almeida, Desiderio Juan; De Saá-Pérez, Petra
• Is Part Of: Family business review. Volume 31:Number 2(2018)
• Page Start: 178
• Page End: 197
• Publication Date: 2018-06
• Subjects: succession -- familiness -- knowledge construction -- knowledge network -- succession evolution; Family-owned business enterprises -- United States -- Periodicals; Home labor -- United States -- Periodicals; Small business -- United States -- Periodicals; New business enterprises -- United States -- Periodicals; 658.045
• DOI: 10.1177/0894486518776867
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0894-4865

Abstract

The article initially addresses the concept of familiness and its connection with the succession process in the family firm to emphasize the relevance of the successor's knowledge. Then, a model is presented that evolves from a dyadic relationship in the knowledge transfer process from predecessor to successor to a network of exchanges with multiple agents and sources that enhance the successor's construction of knowledge through time. Key aspects derived from that model about the successor's human capital, the predecessor's role, the knowledge network, the relational context, and the time dimension of the process are then discussed.