Family-managed firms and local export spillovers: evidence from Spanish manufacturing firms

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作者
Amato, Stefano [1 ]
Basco, Rodrigo [2 ]
Backman, Mikaela [3 ]
Lattanzi, Nicola [1 ]
机构
[1] IMT Sch Adv Studies Lucca, Piazza S Francesco 19, I-55100 Lucca, Italy
[2] Amer Univ Sharjah, Sheikh Saoud Bin Khalid Bin Khalid Qassimi Chair, Sharjah, U Arab Emirates
[3] Ctr Entrepreneurship & Spatial Econ CEnSE, Jonkoping Int Business Sch Jonkoping, Jonkoping, Sweden
关键词
Export spillovers; family firms; internationalization; regional context; manufacturing; Spain; INTERNATIONALIZATION PATHWAYS; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; MODERATING ROLE; SUNK COSTS; INNOVATION; HETEROGENEITY; PERFORMANCE; EMBEDDEDNESS; CAPABILITIES; BUSINESSES;
D O I
10.1080/09654313.2020.1743238
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
By combining arguments from regional economics and family business research, the aim of this article is to test the relationships among local export spillovers, management characteristics, and export propensity on a large sample of Spanish manufacturing firms over the 2003-2015 period. We find that family-managed firms, compared to their non-family counterparts, benefit more from being located in regions with a high density of exporters. Because of their firm-specific social capital and strong embeddedness in local networks, family-managed firms are better positioned to leverage the spatially bounded flow of knowledge and information in these regions, resulting in a higher likelihood to export than non-family firms. Additionally, our results show that the knowledge spillover effect is stronger for small and low-tech family firms' export propensity.
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页码:468 / 492
页数:25
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