Family firm internationalization: Influence of familiness on the Spanish firm export activity

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This paper studies the determinants of the export activity of family SMEs, disentangling the three main dimensions that comprise the concept of familiness: power, experience, and culture. The results, using the F-PEC scale over a sample of 500 Spanish SMEs, show that this approach identifies the determinants that explain the export activity of family SMEs better than a simple dichotomous approach. Specifically, we find that the expertise transmitted from different generations and the family culture orientation to the firm positively affect the international activities of family SMEs; however, the composition of the firm control-management does not have any significant influence on internationalization.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1770

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis ; International Business Administration
• Thema: Family SMEs ; Export activity ; Familiness ; Spanish firms ; F-PEC scale ; Familienunternehmen ; KMU ; Export ; Multinationales Unternehmen ; Schätzung ; Spanien

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Merino, Fernando ; Monreal-Pérez, Joaquín ; Sánchez-Marín, Gregorio
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (wo): Kiel
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/60329