Internationalization of Family–Controlled Firms: A Study of the Effects of External Involvement in Governance

Jean–Luc Arregle, Lucia Naldi, Mattias Nordqvist and Michael A. Hitt

Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 2012, vol. 36, issue 6, 1115-1143

Abstract: This research focuses on family–controlled firms as an important type of family firms, and demonstrates how external parties in the governance (ownership and board of directors) can serve as a catalyst for their internationalization. Our framework also embraces the moderating effects of the competitive environmental heterogeneity and past performance on the relationship between external, nonfamily involvement in governance, and internationalization (scale and scope). The hypotheses are tested on a sample of 351 Swedish family–controlled firms. Our findings extend previous research on family firms and their internationalization, especially addressing some of the prior mixed findings, and offers implications for both theory and practice.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00541.x

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