Ricerc@Sapienza

The metropolitanisation process that affects the contemporany city, climate change, the depletion of ecological and energy sources all demand a unified, integrated and interscalar public government strategy that makes urban regeneration and the restoration of territorial balance its priorities. Such a strategy has been the benchmark for drafting the 12 priority themes of the Urban Agenda for the EU and policies that aim to promote the smart sustainability and efficiency of cities.

Despite the growing scholars' attention toward green innovation, on the one hand, and family firms, on the other hand, there is still limited attention toward the intersection of these two streams of literature, because very few studies deal with green innovation in family firms. This paper aims at comparing family and nonfamily small firms in their approach to green innovation. To this aim, a multiple case studies methodology was used to understand whether and in which aspects family firms and nonfamily firms differ.

I temi della sostenibilità ambientale sono da anni al centro di varie iniziative soprattutto dell’Unione Europea, che promuove la ricerca di soluzioni atte a preservare le risorse per le generazioni future. La produzione dei rifiuti e lo sfruttamento delle materie prime sono i principali fattori che rendono ancora oggi il settore dell’edilizia poco eco-compatibile.