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Social Capital and Values in the Internationalization of Family Firms: A Multi-Country Study

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization

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  • Spiros Batas

    (University of Greenwich)

  • Karine Guiderdoni-Jourdain

    (CNRS, LEST, Aix-Marseille University)

  • Tanja Leppäaho

    (LUT University)

Abstract

This study concerned social capital (SC) within the internationalization of family firms (FFs). We studied FFs from three countries of origin, with differing family structures (Finland with absolute nuclear families, France with exogamous families, and Taiwan with authoritarian family structures), each operating in three foreign markets or cultural contexts. We also conducted a recent study on the role of family structures on FF internationalization (Arregle et al., Journal of International Business Studies, 50(5), 809–825, 2019) as a starting point and applied literature on bifurcation bias (BB), specifically family values (Verbeke et al., Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 37, 449–477, 2020). Our interview data highlighted that different family structures were linked to inherited SC and that the value of conservation played an important role in FF international networking behavior. The Taiwanese FF based its decisions more strongly on tradition (related to religion and culture) and security than the Finnish and French FFs, in which conformity related to the protection of family members was the strongest family value influencing international networking.

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  • Spiros Batas & Karine Guiderdoni-Jourdain & Tanja Leppäaho, 2021. "Social Capital and Values in the Internationalization of Family Firms: A Multi-Country Study," Springer Books, in: Tanja Leppäaho & Sarah Jack (ed.), The Palgrave Handbook of Family Firm Internationalization, edition 1, chapter 12, pages 361-391, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-66737-5_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-66737-5_12
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