International Entrepreneurship in Family Businesses" shows that family firms have always been active agents in the global economy and that their participation in the international competitive dynamic will only increase in the coming years. Many of the large multinational firms that dominate today's world markets were family firms, and many of them continue to be. The authors endeavour to offer a holistic, multi-paradigmatic, open and global stance on family firms, which takes into account the particularities of this phenomenon. Their work is an attempt to integrate intensive studies of family business that encompass wide-ranging areas of research including psychology, sociology, organizational behaviour, financial studies, and strategic management. Practical examples and case studies of multinational family firms underpin the exploratory empirical research.
Pt. I Introduction
1 International entrepreneurship of family firms : research process 3
Pt. II Antecedents
2 The family business 15
3 Globalization and growth strategies for family businesses 42
4 International family businesses : literature review and proposal 73
Pt. III Determinants of international entrepreneurship of family business
5 Environmental influences on the internationalization of the family business 97
6 International entrepreneurship at the founder stage : characteristics of the founder-owner 123
7 Succession and international entrepreneurship I : the succession process 139
8 Succession and international entrepreneurship II : antecedents, context and successor 167
9 Other sources for international entrepreneurship in family business 193
Pt. IV Conclusion and case studies
10 Dimensions of international entrepreneurship and family business internationalization 215
11 Seven family multinational histories 235
12 Conclusion 287
Bibliography 295
Index