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Hussinger, Katrin and Issah, Wunnam 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0942-8228
(2022)
Trade secret protection and R&D investment of family firms.
Family Business Review, 35 (4).
pp. 361-382.
ISSN 0894-4865
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Abstract
Family firms are known for their reluctance to invest in R&D. We show that strengthened trade secret protection is associated with higher R&D investment by family firms. More specifically, we show that the association between the strength of trade secret protection through the U.S. Uniform Trade Secrets Act and R&D investment is positively moderated by family control. Our results further show that the positive moderation of family control on the association between the strength of trade secret protection and R&D investment varies with the industry context, being stronger in high-tech industries and weaker in discrete product industries.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | r&d investments,utsa,family firms,intellectual property protection,socioemotional wealth,trade secret protection,business, management and accounting (miscellaneous),finance,sdg 9 - industry, innovation, and infrastructure,3* ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1400/1401 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Strategy and Entrepreneurship |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Mar 2024 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2026 20:08 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/94701 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/08944865221125542 |
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