Determinants of the Export Activity. A Configurational Analysis of the Family Firm

  1. Joaquín Monreal-Pérez
  2. Omar Ifakhkharen-Rziki
Revista:
European Journal of Family Business

ISSN: 2444-8788 2444-877X

Año de publicación: 2024

Volumen: 14

Número: 1

Páginas: 19-37

Tipo: Artículo

Otras publicaciones en: European Journal of Family Business

Resumen

Las empresas familiares son de gran importancia en el entorno cada vez más com-petitivo e inestable en el que deben operar. Es más, éstas evidencian una serie de caracte-rísticas específicas que hacen que éstas se comporten de forma diferente -específicamente cuando tienen que exportar. De entre estos rasgos distintivos, su falta de recursos y su actitud frente al riesgo más conservadora limitan su actividad internacional. Sin embargo, nosotros mostramos que estos obstáculos son minimizados cuando se consideran ciertos determinantes que han sido tradicionalmente vistos como directores de la competitividad exportadora de la empresa (i.e. innovación, colaboración, el uso de medios propios para exportar, mecanismos de promoción de las exportaciones y exportar a mercados desarrolla-dos) de forma simultánea como un conjunto. Ejecutamos un análisis Configuracional de Con-juntos Difusos para estudiar el efecto configuracional de los determinantes anteriormente mencionados en una muestra de 68 empresas familiares españolas del sector agrícola.

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