International business & family business: Potential dialogue between disciplines

José C. Casillas; Ana M. Moreno-Menéndez

doi:10.24310/ejfbejfb.v7i1-2.5015

Authors

José C. Casillas Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Seville, Spain
Ana M. Moreno-Menéndez Universidad de Sevilla, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Seville, Spain

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https://doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v7i1-2.5015

Abstract

25 years ago, Gallo and Sveen (1991) published the first paper about internationalization of family businesses. Since then, research in this area has steadily increased. In this article, I review the evolution of the literature that has combined international business and family firms (102 papers from 1991 to 2015), and I identify six promising areas for research through a dialogue between both disciplines: (1) mission and objectives of firms: the meaning of “performance”, (2) corporate government and international business, (3) attitude to risk and internationalization patterns, (4) timing, pace and speed of internationalization, (5) cross-cultural management, and (6) network perspective and social capital of firms.

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