Internationalization of Australian Family Businesses: A Managerial Capabilities Perspective

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Graves ◽  
Jill Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Australian Family ◽  
Managerial Capabilities

Successful international expansion requires the managerial capabilities necessary to configure and leverage a firm's resources in the international marketplace. Because family firms can face unique challenges in building their managerial capabilities, the purpose of this study is to compare the managerial capabilities of family and nonfamily firms according to the degree of their internationalization. Using the most recently available longitudinal database of Australian small-to-medium-sized enterprises, the results of this study indicate that the managerial capabilities of family firms lag behind those of their nonfamily counterparts as they expand internationally, particularly at high levels of internationalization. The implications of the findings for research, policy, and practice are discussed.

The Salience of Market, Bureaucratic, and Clan Controls in the Management of Family Firm Transitions: Some Tentative Australian Evidence

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Moores ◽  
Joseph Mula
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Nationwide Study ◽  
Economic Significance ◽  
Australian Family ◽  
And Control

Despite the numerical and economic significance of family businesses to Australia, they are not extensively researched. This paper reports some of the results from a nationwide study of Australian family-owned businesses that sought to ascertain and understand their management and control practices. In particular, the paper assesses the organizational transitions of Australian family firms in terms of their dominant control practices. These control measures are evaluated according to Ouchi's classification of market, bureaucratic, and clan controls. The salience of these different forms of control serves to identify distinctive patterns that define periods of organizational passage (life cycles).

Quality of Life of Australian Family Carers: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanne Burton-Smith ◽  
Keith R. McVilly ◽  
Marie Yazbeck ◽  
Trevor R. Parmenter ◽  
Takako Tsutsui
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Australian Family

The Internationalization Decision-Making of United Arab Emirates Family Businesses

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Fauzia Jabeen ◽  
Syed Zamberi Ahmad ◽  
Saeed Alkaabi
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
International Expansion ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
East Region ◽  
Major Factors

International expansion epitomizes a vital strategic decision that family firms must go through to grow. However, limited research has been conducted on internationalization decision making in family businesses (FBs). Various disparities have been observed in the previous researches concerning the factors that affects and stimulate a FBs' decision making to internationalize. The purpose of this study is to analyze the internationalization pattern of FBs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a dynamic emerging economy in the Middle East region. A qualitative research approach was selected, and after a thorough review of the relevant literatures, the major factors affecting international decision making in FBs were identified. It was concluded that there are some common factors regarding international decision making in FBs in the UAE and the rest of the world, and some of the factors are unique to a specific country, industry, or product. Suggestions on how to move this field of study forward are also presented.

The Accumulation of Distinctive Competences in Family Firms

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-126
Author(s):  
César Camisón ◽  
Alba Puig-Denia
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
The Family ◽  
Distinctive Competences ◽  
Managerial Capabilities ◽  
The Empirical Analysis

Taking as its basis the resource- and capability-based view of the firm, this study provides an in-depth exploration of the ability of the family tourism firm to accumulate and develop the distinctive competences that are key to its success. Specifically, the analysis centres on how the family tourism firm acquires distinctive competences through the development of managerial capabilities. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), the empirical analysis focuses on a sample of 1,019 Spanish tourism firms. The results of the study suggest that family businesses face certain problems in accumulating distinctive competences. Moreover, the study indicates that such problems are due in part to the difficulties of developing efficient managerial capabilities in this type of company, which is an obstacle to the accumulation and management of other distinctive competences.

Playful learning in context: Research, policy, and practice

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
T'Pring R. Westbrook ◽  
James A. Griffin ◽  
Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek ◽  
Angeline Lillard ◽  
Marilou Hyson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Research Policy ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Learning In Context

Employer branding and psychological contract in family and non-family firms

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duarte Pimentel
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Psychological Contract ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Employer Branding ◽  
Privately Owned

This study compares the perceptions of employer branding and psychological contract levels of employees of family and non-family firms. Specifically, to better understand the dynamics of family businesses, we assess the extent to which employer branding perceptions have an impact on the employees' psychological contract levels. The empirical evidence is provided by a sample of 165 Portuguese employees (76 from family businesses and 89 from non-family businesses), working in small and medium-sized privately-owned companies. The results confirmed the research hypotheses, suggesting that employees of family companies have higher perceptions of employer branding and psychological contract levels than those of employees of non-family companies, also revealing that employer branding has a positive impact on the psychological contract levels of family firm’s employees.

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