FAMILINESS: STRATEGIC DETERMINANT FOR SHARED VALUE CREATION

The paper addresses the pivotal role of familiness as a strategic determinant enhancing family business (FBs) capability in boosting business innovation and value creation processes. More specifically, the paper highlight as familiness might represents a key strategic determinant driving FBs innovation and growth when coupled with a corporate shared value (CSV) framework. The proposed research frame is confirmed and enriched by the analysis of a case study of Antonelli, an Italian small FB working in the food sector. The paper is articulated on three part: the first one briefly presents the main features of FBs and the concept of familiness; the second part deepen the role of familiness as strategic determinant of success and shared value creation; the last part reports the main evidences from case study.