Family Firms into International Markets

This book offers an integrated discussion on international entry mode decisions in the context of family firms. It provides scholars and students a state-of-the art of extant knowledge on family firms' entry modes into foreign contexts by outlining main research trajectories and empirical findings of prior studies. To this end, differences between family and non-family firms as well as sources of heterogeneity across different family firms are pointed out for the main types of entry modes. Moreover, this book offers new insights on the choice between either creating a joint venture or a wholly-owned subsidiary in a foreign country as it theoretically and empirically shows how economic and noneconomic drivers shape family leaders' international strategic preferences. Offering a thoughtful review of extant studies and a comprehensive reasoning on the phenomenon of family firm internationalization, this is an insightful read for scholars and students interested in family firmsand international business.

Sheds light on family firms entry mode decisions Provides a comprehensive view on family business internationalization and a deeper reasoning on its heterogeneity Offers an understanding of the impact of cultural distance on family firms' international decisions

Autorentext
Claudia Pongelli holds a Ph.D. in Management from LUISS University (Rome, Italy) where she has also been a Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Business and Management. Since 2018, she has been Affiliate Research Fellow at IPAG Entrepreneurship & Family Business Center (Nice, France) and is currently a Research Fellow at the Department of Management and Law, University of Rome Tor Vergata (Rome, Italy). She also teaches International Business as an Adjunct Professor, both at LUISS University and Università San Raffaele Roma.

Inhalt
Chapter 1: Introduction Title.- Chapter 2: Family Firms and International Entry Modes: A State-Of-The-Art.- Chapter 3: The Choice between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures within Family Firms: a Theoretical Investigation from the Socioemotional Wealth Perspective.- Chapter 4: The Choice Between Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures Within Family Firms: an Empirical Analysis.