The role of family ownership in international entrepreneurship: exploring nonlinear effects

By Salvatore Sciascia, Pietro Mazzola, J. Astrachan, Torsten M. Pieper. 2012

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Subfields: Accounting, Management of Technology and Innovation, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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The Internationalization of Family Firms (2014, background): “It appears that in FBs, 100% family ownership has a negative impact on the internationalization (e.g., Bhaumik, Driffield, & Pal, 2010; Sciascia et al., 2012b).”
Why is Family Firms’ Internationalization Unique? A Meta–Analysis (2017, background): “…to accept nonfamily expertise, fear of losing control of the firm, risk avoidance and conservative attitudes, and the urge to control the family’s socio-emotional wealth (SEW)1 (Fernandez & Nieto, 2006; G omez-Mej ıa, Makri, & Larraza-Kintana, 2010; Sciascia et al., 2012; Verbeke & Kano, 2012).”
Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda (2020, neutral): “Specifically, the extent of family ownership (Fernandez & Nieto, 2005, 2006; Okoroafo, 1999) and family involvement in the top-management team/board of directors (e.g. Arregle et al., 2012; Sciascia et al., 2012; D’Angelo et al., 2016) are the independent variables on which the majority of quantitat”
Family firm internationalization: heritage assets and the impact of bifurcation bias (2018, positive): “…a more substantive reason for the lack of consensus, as suggested in a number of recent studies (Arregle et al. , 2016; Calabrò et al. , 2012; Sciascia et al. , 2012, 2013; Pukall and Calabrò, 2014) could be an omitted variable bias (Bennedsen and Foss, 2015), or, specifically, a failure to…”
Family firms in the global economy: Toward a deeper understanding of internationalization determinants, processes, and outcomes (2018, background): “Sciascia et al. (2012) analyze the combination of family and external capital, concluding that an optimal mix exists.”
Family Firm Heterogeneity: A Definition, Common Themes, Scholarly Progress, and Directions Forward (2021, background): “Furthermore, Sciascia et al. (2012) found an inverted U–shaped relationship between family ownership and international entrepreneurship, suggesting that moderate family ownership maximizes international entrepreneurship engagement.”
The pursuit of international opportunities in family firms: Generational differences and the role of knowledge‐based resources (2018, result): “At the same time, our results help reconcile some mixed findings in past research (e.g., Arregle et al., 2012; Gomez-Mejia et al., 2010; Sciascia et al., 2012) by offering a more complete view of the influence of family ownership on internationalization.”
The Influence of Ownership Structure and Board Strategic Involvement on International Sales: The Moderating Effect of Family Involvement (2013, background): “lead to the highest levels of international activities (Sciascia et al., 2012; Segaro, 2010).”
A bibliometric analysis of family firm internationalization research: Current themes, theoretical roots, and ways forward (2020, background): “The top cited papers are Sciascia et al. (2012), Zahra (2005), and Zahra, Ireland, and Hitt (2000). The core theoretical perspective is that of STEWARDSHIP THEORY, according to”
Family SMEs' Internationalization: Disentangling the Influence of Familiness on Spanish Firms' Export Activity** (2015, background): “From a managerial perspective, conservatism, lack of professionalism/expertise, and the inward vision of top management teams that characterize family SMEs dominated by first generations (Sciascia et al. 2012) suppose a negative influence of management and governance on the internationalization (Fer”
Trends in family business research (2013, background): “Some of these contributions focus on small and medium enterprise, or international entrepreneurship (Sciascia et al. 2010).”