How to make internationalization meaningful is a practical issue of particular importance for smaller family … compete successfully on a global scale. This challenge can hinder efforts to make their internationalization process … addressed is why some family enterprises tend to be less successful in their internationalization than non-family enterprises …

Family firms show specific behavior in their internationalization because of the affective ties derived from the family … family members in governance and management, affecting the internationalization strategy. This research intends to determine … the factors related to family influence in the internationalization of family firms. Thus, using a sample of 254 Spanish …