This paper tests the impact of different types of management within family businesses on digital innovation related to Industry 4.0 investments, from a geographical perspective. The data set consists of 3,000 Italian manufacturing small- and medium–sized enterprises. Using probit models, the results show that while in the more advanced area (center-north) external management affects the propensity for innovation significantly, in the less developed area (Southern Italy) external management requires an additional and simultaneous investment in R&D to drive a firm’s innovation. This suggests that innovation policy should define incentives that also help enhance new management business models and take into account behavioral features of different firms in relation to the level of the development of the geographical areas in which they operate.

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家庭管理与工业4.0：在不同的地理区域有不同的影响？对意大利欠发达地区的分析

本文从地理角度测试了家族企业内不同类型的管理对与工业4.0投资相关的数字创新的影响。该数据集包含3,000家意大利制造业中小企业。使用概率模型，结果表明，尽管在高级区域（中北），外部管理会显着影响创新的趋势，但在欠发达区域（意大利南部），外部管理则需要在研发方面进行额外的，同时的投资以推动创新。公司的创新。这表明创新政策应定义激励措施，这些激励措施还有助于增强新的管理业务模型，并考虑到不同公司在其经营所在地区的发展水平方面的行为特征。