Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement

The aim of this work is to analyse the influence of family involvement on a company in the context of the firm’s internationalisation. The work incorporates some of the most current perspectives from the international business field. From these reflections, we propose a causal explanatory model whos...

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Autores: Casillas Bueno, José Carlos, Acedo González, Francisco José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/151748
https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGSB.2005.008010
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Palabra clave:Internationalisation
Family firm
Entrepreneurship
Causal model
Partial least squares
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spelling Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvementCasillas Bueno, José CarlosAcedo González, Francisco JoséInternationalisationFamily firmEntrepreneurshipCausal modelPartial least squaresThe aim of this work is to analyse the influence of family involvement on a company in the context of the firm’s internationalisation. The work incorporates some of the most current perspectives from the international business field. From these reflections, we propose a causal explanatory model whose ultimate dependent variable is the firm’s level of internationalisation, considering independent variables both at the individual and company level (including family influence). The model is tested on a sample of 222 Andalusian firms (Spain), using a structural equation modelling technique (Partial Least Squares – PLS). The results show how the family involvement plays a mediating role when considering the internationalisation of family firms. Some of the conclusions may give useful insights for public agencies responsible for fostering SME internationalisation as well as for the academic world.Inderscience PublishersAdministración de Empresas y Marketing2005info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/151748https://doi.org/10.1504/IJGSB.2005.008010reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésInternational Journal of Globalisation and Small Business, 1 (2), 134-151.https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=8010info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1517482026-06-17T12:51:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
title Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
spellingShingle Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
Internationalisation
Family firm
Entrepreneurship
Causal model
Partial least squares
title_short Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
title_full Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
title_fullStr Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
title_full_unstemmed Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
title_sort Internationalisation of Spanish family SMEs: an analysis of family involvement
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
Acedo González, Francisco José
author Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
author_facet Casillas Bueno, José Carlos
Acedo González, Francisco José
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author2 Acedo González, Francisco José
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Administración de Empresas y Marketing
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Internationalisation
Family firm
Entrepreneurship
Causal model
Partial least squares
topic Internationalisation
Family firm
Entrepreneurship
Causal model
Partial least squares
description The aim of this work is to analyse the influence of family involvement on a company in the context of the firm’s internationalisation. The work incorporates some of the most current perspectives from the international business field. From these reflections, we propose a causal explanatory model whose ultimate dependent variable is the firm’s level of internationalisation, considering independent variables both at the individual and company level (including family influence). The model is tested on a sample of 222 Andalusian firms (Spain), using a structural equation modelling technique (Partial Least Squares – PLS). The results show how the family involvement plays a mediating role when considering the internationalisation of family firms. Some of the conclusions may give useful insights for public agencies responsible for fostering SME internationalisation as well as for the academic world.
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