Family SMEs' Internationalization: Disentangling the Influence of Familiness on Spanish Firms' Export Activity*

Fernando Merino, Joaquín Monreal‐pérez and Gregorio Sánchez‐marín

Journal of Small Business Management, 2015, vol. 53, issue 4, 1164-1184

Abstract: This paper studies the relationships between family involvement and internationalization of family small and medium enterprises (), examining the effects exerted by the three main dimensions that comprise the concept of familiness: power, experience, and culture. Disentangling the influence of familiness dimensions lead us to discover the combined effects of family's governance, generation, and culture on ' export activity. The results, using the ‐ scale over a sample of 500 Spanish firms, show that this multidimensional approach better identifies the determinants of the family ' internationalization. Specifically, we find that the family experience and its culture orientation positively affect the firm's export activity, whereas family governance/management does not have any significant influence.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12111

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