Internationalization of Australian Family Businesses: A Managerial Capabilities Perspective
利用澳大利亚中小企业纵向数据，比较家族与非家族企业在国际化过程中的管理能力差异，发现家族企业在高度国际化时管理能力落后于非家族企业。
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.