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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)....

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...

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...