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Internationalization and family firms : the influence of family involvement on exports
Urkiola, Eneko; Alayo, Mikel - In: European journal of family business 12 (2022) 2, pp. 173-183
Family firms show specific behavior in their internationalization because of the affective ties derived from the family's influence in the business. The desire to achieve business and family objectives determines the strategic decision making of family members in governance and management,...
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International partnership failures in the context of family small and medium enterprises internationalisation
Kampouri, Katerina; Hajidimitriou, Yannis - In: European journal of family business 13 (2023) 1, pp. 56-70
develop international partnerships fail. In particular, it draws on the network theory of internationalisation and SEW … failure of the attempt to develop an international partnership in the context of family SMEs internationalisation. To do so … SMEs' internationalisation. …
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Family SMEs' Internationalization : Disentangling the Influence of Familiness on Spanish Firms' Export Activity
Merino, Fernando; Monreal-Pérez, Joaquín; … - 2014
This paper studies the relationships between family involvement and internationalization of family small and medium enterprises (SMEs), examining the effects exerted by the three main dimensions that comprise the concept of familiness: power, experience, and culture. Disentangling the influence...
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Family firm internationalization : influence of familiness on the Spanish firm export activity
Merino de Lucas, Fernando; Monreal-Pérez, Joaquín; … - 2012
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...
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International business decision-making in family small and-medium-sized enterprises
Metsola, Jaakko; Kuivalainen, Olli - In: European journal of family business 11 (2021) 2, pp. 72-79
Family firm internationalization has become a topic of interest over the last few decades. However, there has been surprisingly little research about the actual international business decision-making in the family firm literature. The purpose of this article is to highlight specific family firm...
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Internationalisierungsgrad von KMU: Ergebnisse einer Unternehmensbefragung
Kranzusch, Peter; Holz, Michael - 2013
internationalisation activities. This equals to a share of 37 % in the total number of enterprises (44 % when also considering indirect … forms of internationalisation). Most widely spread are import- and export activities, followed by sales and service … contracts or toll manufacturing. Approx. 16% of all enterprises plan to expand their existing internationalisation activities …
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Intangible Resources as a Determinant of Accelerated Internationalization
Fong Reynoso, Carlos - 2011
The aim of this research is to analyze the internationalization strategies followed by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of Jalisco. Specifically, we want to identify cases of early internationalization, and how SMEs get and manage their resources. We developed an analytical framework based on...
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Internationalization Behavior of Paraguayan Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Ibrahim, Isha - 2020
Purpose: This study aims to examine the manner in which small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in Paraguay choose to internationalize, by dissecting their internationalization process and comparing the process to the framework described in the Uppsala internationalization process model (UIPM)....
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Domestic Business-to-Business Relationships and the Internationalization of SMEs : Evidence from Switzerland
Beier, Michael - 2016
Relationships and networks are commonly understood to play an important role in firms' internationalization. With this proposition in mind, this paper investigates the link between domestic business-to-business ties and firm internationalization in a sample of 502 small and medium-sized...
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The Effect of Strategic Orientation on the Speed of Internationalization in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in South Korea
Park, Jung-Min - 2020
This study demonstrates the impact of strategic orientation on internationalization speed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The results of an empirical analysis on 206 SMEs located in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions of South Korea are as follows. First, export orientation has a...
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