@article{Metsola_Kuivalainen_2021, title={International Business Decision-Making in Family Small and-Medium-Sized Enterprises}, volume={11}, url={https://revistas.uma.es/index.php/ejfb/article/view/13842}, DOI={10.24310/ejfbejfb.v11i2.13842}, abstractNote={<p>Family firm internationalization has become a topic of interest over the last few decades. However, there has been surprisingly little research about the actual international business decision-making in the family firm literature. The purpose of this article is to highlight specific family firm factors which affect the international business decision-making. Based on examples on international market entry, target market choice, entry mode choice, and entry timing decisions, it is suggested that long-term and regional orientation, knowledge-base and its transfer, bifurcation-bias, and perseverance of family managers are important factors affecting international business decision-making among family SMEs.</p>}, number={2}, journal={European Journal of Family Business}, author={Metsola, Jaakko and Kuivalainen, Olli}, year={2021}, month={Nov.} }