The myth of the stay-at-home family firm: How family-managed SMEs can overcome their internationalization limitations

JF Hennart, A Majocchi, E Forlani - Journal of International Business …, 2019 - Springer
The prevalent view among family-firm internationalization scholars is that family
management discourages internationalization. This is because selling abroad is said to …

Mapping family firm internationalization research: bibliometric and literature review

M Alayo, T Iturralde, A Maseda, G Aparicio - Review of Managerial …, 2021 - Springer
Internationalization is an important entrepreneurial strategy for the growth and long-term
survivability of family firms. Research on family firm internationalization (FFI) has attracted …

Do international resources configure SMEs' sustainable performance in the digital era? Evidence from Pakistan

Y Xin, RU Khan, V Dagar, F Qian - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of international resources on sustainable performance
through the mediating role of green entrepreneurial orientation. In emerging economies, the …

Internationalization and entrepreneurial orientation of family SMEs: The influence of the family character

M Alayo, A Maseda, T Iturralde, U Arzubiaga - International business review, 2019 - Elsevier
Internationalization is an important entrepreneurial strategy for promoting the long-term
growth and survivability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Family involvement …

SME international business models: The role of context and experience

J Child, L Hsieh, S Elbanna, J Karmowska… - Journal of World …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper addresses two questions through a study of 180 SMEs located in contrasting
industry and home country contexts. First, which business models for international markets …

A bibliometric analysis of family firm internationalization research: Current themes, theoretical roots, and ways forward

E Casprini, M Dabic, J Kotlar, T Pucci - International Business Review, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a bibliometric analysis and a systematic literature review of 161 core
contributions concerning family firm internationalization. A bibliographic coupling analysis …

Behind the internationalization of family SMEs: A strategy tripod synthesis

S Lahiri, D Mukherjee, MW Peng - Global Strategy Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Summary We review and synthesize the growing literature concerning
the internationalization of small and medium‐sized family enterprises (family SMEs) around …

Entrepreneurial orientation and the family firm: Mapping the field and tracing a path for future research

R Hernández-Linares… - Family Business …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite several calls for the further study of entrepreneurial orientation in family firms, we
still have a fragmented understanding of this topic, whose full potential has yet to be …

The impact of board of directors' characteristics on the internationalization of family SMEs

C Pongelli, A Majocchi, J Bauweraerts, S Sciascia… - Journal of world …, 2023 - Elsevier
Family small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face both general bounded rationality
challenges and a unique expression of bounded rationality in their internationalization …

The determinants of SMEs' export entry: A systematic review of the literature

MY Haddoud, AKE Onjewu, W Nowiński… - Journal of Business …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the plethora of studies on SMEs' export performance and survival, empirical works
on export initiation are relatively limited. Thus far, extant literature has fallen short of …