Drivers of business model innovation in family firms: A dataset analysis

Abstract

In recent years, both in the world of research and consulting, the concept of innovation in the business model has been gaining a lot of interest. As a result, an incipient number of scientific and popular publications are being generated, which try to delimit and explain this term, as well as work methodologies for its application in the business world. The family business field can benefit from the application of this approach. But, at the same time, it can also serve as an object of study since its special idiosyncrasy will allow to deepen the analysis of successful business models. To illustrate inno- vation in business models, data from 112 family firms repre- sentative of the regional economy are presented. The compa- nies are also associated with the Murcian Association of Fam- ily Businesses (Amefmur). The collaboration with this organi- zation has made it possible to obtain very valuable and rep- resentative information thanks to the support provided. The collection of information was carried out through an elec- tronic survey. These data could be especially useful for es- tablishing business recommendations for this type of compa- nies and for analyzing other possible interrelationships of the variables available in the database.