The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of family business group (FBG) heterogeneity on new venture creation in India. Using a multiple regression model, this study examines the moderating effect of FBG heterogeneity (relative size, relative profit, and relative market share) on FBG...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of distance on acquisitions by family firms in India. Strategic decisions like mergers and acquisitions have a spatial dimension, since firms seek information and choose among geographically scattered alternatives. Using a logit regression...

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of family business group characteristics on new venture creation in India. Using a multiple regression model, this study examines the effect of family business group characteristics (public listing, age, and size) on new venture creation in a...

Strategic decisions like mergers and acquisitions have a spatial dimension, since firms seek information and choose among geographically scattered alternatives. In this study, we evaluate the impact of distance on the likelihood of family firms undertaking M&A, in an emerging market context. We...

This paper examines how heterogeneity among family business group (FBG) affiliated firms influences key strategic choices like new venture creation. The study considers heterogeneity among groups based on size, and heterogeneity within groups based on resources, relative importance and...

Generic internal expansion through new venture creation is an important source of growth for family firms. We look at a unique type of family firms commonly found in emerging markets known as family business groups (FBGs) and investigate whether they are associated with a higher intensity of new...

Even though family firms (FFs) constitute a significant proportion of the emerging multinationals (EMNEs) in some big emerging economies like India, but the role of family ownership and management in internationalization of FFs from these economies has rarely received scholarly attention. In...