Moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses
Journal of Family Business Management
ISSN: 2043-6238
Article publication date: 3 January 2018
Issue publication date: 27 March 2018
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses.
Design/methodology/approach
The sample for this study was collected from 218 family firms associated with the Family Business Institute (IEF). This paper used a structural equation model through PLS-SEM technique to test the proposed model and for contrasting the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses.
Findings
The main result of this work is that international performance of family businesses is determined, to a great extent, by the entrepreneurial orientation. In addition, this effect is reinforced by the absorption capacity, exerting a positive moderating role.
Practical implications
If family firms want to improve their international results, they must act in the entrepreneurial orientation through the effect of absorption capacities.
Originality/value
The originality of this work comes from the discovery of the new moderating role of absorption capacities in family firms.
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Citation
Hernandez-Perlines, F. (2018), "Moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses", Journal of Family Business Management, Vol. 8 No. 1, pp. 58-74. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFBM-10-2017-0035
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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