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Fear for Failure and Need for Longevity – Internationalization Process Tensions within Family Businesses
List of Authors: Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Tanja Leppäaho, Jaakko Metsola
Conference name: European International Business Academy Annual Conference
Place: Poznan University of Economics and Business
Publication year: 2018
URL: http://eiba2018.eiba.org/
This study takes a process perspective on
internationalization failures in family businesses (FBs) to uncover the
tensions between socioemotional wealth (SEW) preservation, forming the core
assumptions in FBs, and risks related to internationalization, which in turn
may cause FBs to lose SEW. A qualitative interview research approach,
consisting of 71 follow-up interviews in 23 FBs during the years 2015 and 2018,
was selected to explore the international failure experiences of FB managers.
The contributions of the study include an assemblage-theoretic approach to FB
internationalization failures process and understanding about the relationships
between SEW, internationalization and failures in the FB context.
