Internationalization Strategy of Small and Medium-Sized Family Businesses: Some Influential Factors

By Zulima Fernandez, María Jesús Nieto. 2005

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Subfields: Accounting, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Strategy and Management

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Family Firm Heterogeneity: A Definition, Common Themes, Scholarly Progress, and Directions Forward (2021, background): “Conversely, Fernández and Nieto (2005) found that among Spanish family firms, family ownership restricts the extent of internationalization when measured as export activity.”
Network ties in the international opportunity recognition of family SMEs (2011, background): “From earlier studies, it appears that the internationalization of family SMEs may differ from the internationalization of SMEs in general (see e.g. Fernandez & Nieto, 2005; Graves & Thomas, 2006).”
The role of family ownership in international entrepreneurship: exploring nonlinear effects (2012, background): “Apart from the above-mentioned family demographics variables, future research should assess the level of family involvement with more traditional measures and include it as a variable (see Fernandez and Nieto 2005, 2006; Zahra 2003).”
International Opportunity Recognition among Small and Medium‐Sized Family Firms* (2011, positive): “Internationalization of family SMEs has been argued to be different from internationalization of SMEs with different kinds of ownership structures (Fernandez and Nieto 2005; Graves and Thomas 2006; Kontinen and Ojala 2010).”
Riding the waves of family firm internationalization: A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda (2020, neutral): “…behavior not only in comparison to non-FFs but also in the heterogeneous range of FFs. 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, Naldi, Nordqvist,…”
The Relationship between Competitive Strategy and Firm Performance in Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana: The Moderating Role of Managerial and Marketing Capabilities (2015, background): “Fernández and Nieto (2005) have also stated that an increase in the size or quality of management increases managerial capabilities.”
Determinants of the Internationalization Pathways of Family Firms: An Examination of Family Influence (2008, background): “Recent studies (Fernández & Nieto, 2005; Graves & Thomas, 2004) suggest that family businesses face unique barriers to international expansion.”
The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on the Appointment of Nonfamily Managers in Private Family Firms (2015, background): “…need for new expertise, which may not be available within the limited pool of family managers (e.g., Cerrato & Piva, 2012; Chang, Wu, & Wong, 2010; Fernández & Nieto, 2005; Gomez-Mejia et al., 2010; Graves & Thomas, 2006; Hambrick & Mason, 1984; Miller et al., 2013; Sanders & Carpenter, 1998;…”
Social capital in relation to the foreign market entry and post-entry operations of family SMEs (2011, background): “Researchers have found that family firms are less likely to internationalize than non-family firms (Fernandez and Nieto 2005; Graves and Thomas 2006).”
Influence of CEO characteristics in family firms internationalization (2017, methodology): “…objective, riskaversion, restricted financial support, etc.) their export activities (Calabró & Mussolino, 2013; Colli, García-Canal, & Guillén, 2013; Fernández & Nieto, 2005, 2006; Graves & Thomas, 2006, 2008; EO characteristics in family firms internationalization, International Zahra, 2003).”