Intergenerational succession and internationalisation strategy of family SMEs

中小型家族企業(yè)代際傳承與國際化戰(zhàn)略

Dr Henry Shi施翔  博士

Adelaide Business SchoolThe University of Adelaide阿德萊德大學(xué)商學(xué)院

時(shí)間：2018-11-04 15:30

地點(diǎn)：將軍路校區(qū)經(jīng)管院702室

Abstract

Internationalisation is a key dimension of the firm’s strategy process. Yet, research on why and how family firms internationalise is underdeveloped. As one of the most critical issues family firms face, how intergenerational succession can influence their internationalisation remains an important question. Given the extraordinary succession and internationalisation circumstances pertaining to China, we conducted a qualitative case study analysis of eleven newly internationalised Chinese small- and medium-sized family firms that had recently undergone a succession from the first to the second generation. Three distinct intergenerational succession patterns among our case firms were identified, revealing three underlying types of incumbent-successor relationships. Based on our findings, we put forth propositions on how these patterns influence the next-generation's level of attitudinal commitment toward and resources available for internationalisation, and link these to the firm's overall internationalisation capabilities and international involvement. Our findings suggest that the connection between intergenerational succession and internationalisation strategy of family firms is significantly influenced by the nature of the underlying incumbent-successor relationship and therefore much more complex than previously considered.

概述國際化是企業(yè)戰(zhàn)略的重要方面。然而現(xiàn)有文獻(xiàn)中對于家族企業(yè)為何以及如何實(shí)現(xiàn)國際化的研究非常有限。作為家族企業(yè)需要面對的最重要議題之一，代際傳承如何影響企業(yè)國際化這一問題尚未得到充分研究。鑒于中國在家族企業(yè)代際傳承和國際化方面所具有的特點(diǎn)，我們赴中國開展了以案例分析為主要方法的定性研究，共采集了十一個(gè)新近完成代際傳承并開始實(shí)施國際化戰(zhàn)略的中小型家族企業(yè)案例。通過分析，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)了三種獨(dú)特的代際傳承模式，對應(yīng)三種代際關(guān)系類型。在此基礎(chǔ)上，我們就這些傳承模式如何影響下一代對實(shí)施國際化的態(tài)度和可動(dòng)用的資源，以及這兩者如何進(jìn)一步影響企業(yè)國際化能力和市場績效提出了假設(shè)命題。我們的研究表明家族企業(yè)代際傳承與國際化戰(zhàn)略之間的關(guān)系受到家族代際關(guān)系的深刻影響，因此該課題遠(yuǎn)比現(xiàn)有文獻(xiàn)論述復(fù)雜，需要學(xué)界更深入地探討。