Understanding resilience and its implications for strategy by Professor Mat Hughes

Institutions and isomorphic pressures shaping strategic options by Professor Mat Hughes

Thinking about global value chains by Professor Mat Hughes

The emerging concept of geographic ambidexterity by Professor Mat Hughes

Corporate strategy, and its implications for subsidiaries by Professor Mat Hughes

Cross-border mergers and acquisitions by Professor Mat Hughes

Global innovation phenomena by Professor Mat Hughes

In this podcast, Professor Mat Hughes is joined by Tanja Leppäaho and Paavo Ritala to learn from their interesting and insightful study into ‘Finnboat’, a traditional family business in Finland, and one that has endured, survived, and prospered through three major crises: the economic recession of the 1990s, the 2008–2009 financial crisis, and the 2020-21 coronavirus pandemic. What is even more interesting is how Finnboat seemed to undertake only modest, if any, innovation during stable times but had an uncanny ability to innovate in crises. This is fascinating and especially meaningful in this highly uncertain world that we live in. Their study is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2021.100440

In this podcast, Professor Mat Hughes discuss the findings of his research into family businesses' innovation strategy. The podcast reports the conditions behind when family business leaders come to emphasize one type of innovation strategy over another.

This is a recording of Professor Mat Hughes' keynote talk for the Institute for Family Business Research Foundation and Lancaster University School of Management workshop on 5th February 2021.