Intergenerational succession and internationalisation strategy of family SMEs
中小型家族企业代际传承与国际化战略

Dr Henry Shi
施翔  博士

Adelaide Business School
The University of Adelaide
阿德莱德大学商学院

时间：2018-11-04 15:30
地点：将军路校区经管院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
国际化是企业战略的重要方面。然而现有文献中对于家族企业为何以及如何实现国际化的研究非常有限。作为家族企业需要面对的最重要议题之一，代际传承如何影响企业国际化这一问题尚未得到充分研究。鉴于中国在家族企业代际传承和国际化方面所具有的特点，我们赴中国开展了以案例分析为主要方法的定性研究，共采集了十一个新近完成代际传承并开始实施国际化战略的中小型家族企业案例。通过分析，我们发现了三种独特的代际传承模式，对应三种代际关系类型。在此基础上，我们就这些传承模式如何影响下一代对实施国际化的态度和可动用的资源，以及这两者如何进一步影响企业国际化能力和市场绩效提出了假设命题。我们的研究表明家族企业代际传承与国际化战略之间的关系受到家族代际关系的深刻影响，因此该课题远比现有文献论述复杂，需要学界更深入地探讨。