scholarly journals Innovation and Performance in Latin-American Small Family Firms

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 986-998
Author(s):  
Gonzalo Maldonado Guzman ◽  
Jose Trinidad Marin Aguilar ◽  
Marisela Garcia Vidales
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Small Family ◽  
And Performance

scholarly journals President interlocking, family firms and performance during turbulent times: Evidence from Latin America

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Watkins-Fassler ◽  
Virginia Fernández-Pérez ◽  
Lázaro Rodríguez-Ariza
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Minority Shareholders ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Turbulent Times ◽  
And Performance

n Latin America, company ownership is typically concentrated in the hands of controlling families, who build powerful business groups which facilitate interlocking practices. The purpose of this study is to examine how President interlocking relates with financial performance in Latin American firms, under uncertainty circumstances. Using regression analysis (panel least squares), the association between return on assets and President interlocking during turbulent times is analyzed. For the latter, annual data (2009–2010) from non-financial publicly traded companies in Chile (243 firms) and Mexico (89 firms) is employed. It is documented that President interlocking in Latin American firms is positively associated with financial performance. However, this effect is higher in Chile than in Mexico, where minority shareholders and other stakeholders are better protected against expropriation. This study increases the understanding of the strengths of President interlocks in stormy times, by introducing the Latin American context.

Absorptive capacity and small family firm performance: exploring the mediation processes

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1201-1216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanjay Chaudhary ◽  
Safal Batra
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Small Family ◽  
Strategic Orientations ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose Despite the recognized importance of knowledge management for small family firms, relatively little empirical research has been done so far to understand the mechanisms through which absorptive capacity (AC) assists their performance. The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between absorptive capacity and performance in small family firms. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors theoretically argue and empirically validate that AC enables the creation of entrepreneurial, market and technology orientations in small family firms, which, in turn, lead to superior firm performance. They also tested the study’s hypotheses using mediation and multiple linear regression analyses on data collected from 272 small Indian family firms. Findings The study’s findings suggest indirect relationship between AC and performance. The strategic orientations provide a mechanism through which investments in small family firms’ AC results in firm performance. Practical implications This study offers crucial insights to practitioners and small firm managers regarding the use of knowledge-based capabilities in creating appropriate strategic postures, which, in turn, assist firm performance. Originality/value This study is among few research attempts in understanding the knowledge aspects of small family firms. The present research contributes to the existing literature by unravelling the relationship between knowledge management and small family firm performance. Also, by bringing in data from an under-studied context of an emerging economy, this study strengthens the theoretical applicability of knowledge management in different contexts.

MARKETING CAPABILITY, COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE OF MICRO AND SMALL FAMILY BUSINESSES IN GHANA

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (04) ◽  
pp. 1550026 ◽  
Author(s):  
AHMED AGYAPONG ◽  
HANNAH VIVIAN OSEI ◽  
SAMUEL YAW AKOMEA
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Bootstrap Method ◽  
Family Businesses ◽  
Marketing Capability ◽  
Competitive Strategies ◽  
Cost Leadership ◽  
Differentiation Strategy ◽  
Small Family ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Indirect Relationship

The study examines the mediating role of competitive strategies (cost leadership and differentiation) in the marketing capability-performance relationship using data from 264 micro and small family firms in Ghana. The bootstrap method for exploring mediating relationships was used to examine the hypotheses. The findings indicate that although differentiation influence performance, cost leadership does not influence performance after controlling for firm age and firm size. However, marketing capability significantly influence performance. The findings further revealed that marketing capabilities do not have any indirect relationship on performance through cost leadership. However, the results indicated that marketing capability influenced firm performance through differentiation strategy. The findings indicate the need to implement both competitive strategy and marketing capability to enhance performance of micro and small family businesses.

The ability-willingness paradox of small family firms to collaborate for innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
pp. 12520
Author(s):  
Maksim Belitski ◽  
Christina Guenther ◽  
Nada Khachlouf
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Small Family

Family firm CEOs: human capital and career success

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Rita Blanco ◽  
Miguel Angel Sastre-Castillo ◽  
Maria Angeles Montoro-Sanchez
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Family Firms ◽  
Family Firm ◽  
American Family ◽  
Graduate Degree ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Way

PurposeThis article explores the influence of education and experience on the time to the top in family and non-family CEOs who work for Latin American family firms.Design/methodology/approachIn order to achieve these objectives, this study draws upon human capital theory as well as career and family firm literature. The careers of 129 CEOs of family firms who form part of the América Economía ranking were analyzed and quantitative methods were used.FindingsIn Latin American family firms, family CEOs reach the top faster than their non-family counterparts. In addition, the influence of human capital variables on the way to the top differs between the two groups. For family CEOs, obtaining a graduate degree delays the way to the top, while for non-family ones, it reduces the time to the top. As regards experience, for promoted family CEOs, the greater the percentage of the career spent in the organization they lead, the shorter the time to the top. No support was found for either the influence of having worked for just one firm or having had elite graduate education abroad, in multilatina CEOs.Practical implicationsIndividual career management suggestions for future CEOs as well as specific guidelines for talent managers are proposedOriginality/valueThis is the first study to explore the influence of human capital indicators on the time to the top in Latin American family firm CEOs.

scholarly journals The Scope of Earth-Observation to Improve the Consistency of the SDG Slum Indicator

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Kuffer ◽  
Jiong Wang ◽  
Michael Nagenborg ◽  
Karin Pfeffer ◽  
Divyani Kohli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Spatial Information ◽  
Earth Observation ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Continuous Increase ◽  
Data Provision ◽  
And Performance ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

The continuous increase in deprived living conditions in many cities of the Global South contradicts efforts to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable places. Using examples of Asian, African, and Latin American cities, this study shows the scope and limits of earth observation (EO)-based mapping of deprived living conditions in support of providing consistent global information for the SDG indicator 11.1.1 “proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing”. At the technical level, we compare several EO-based methods and imagery for mapping deprived living conditions, discussing their ability to map such areas including differences in terms of accuracy and performance at the city scale. At the operational level, we compare available municipal maps showing identified deprived areas with the spatial extent of morphological mapped areas of deprived living conditions (using EO) at the city scale, discussing the reasons for inconsistencies between municipal and EO-based maps. We provide an outlook on how EO-based mapping of deprived living conditions could contribute to a global spatial information base to support targeting of deprived living conditions in support of the SDG Goal 11.1.1 indicator, when uncertainties and ethical considerations on data provision are well addressed.

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