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Chapter 5:
Hadryś-Nowak, A. (2014). Internationalization of Polish Family-owned Businesses – Owner and Next Generation Perspective In: Knezevic, B. & Wach, K. (eds), International Business from the Central European Perspective. Zagreb: University of Zagreb Publishing Service.
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Abstract:
Objective: The theme of paper directs towards family
business internationalisation. Specifically, the objectives of the paper
are: to develop insights into individual and familial correlates of
internationalisation in polish family-owned businesses, especially owner
and next generation perspective; to explore the relationships between
individual and familial-owner and next generation variables and
business’s internationalisation propensity and intensity.
Research Design & Methods: The study adopts a
quantitative approach. 100 companies participate in the quantitative
survey. Statistical analyses are undertaken. Firstly, logistic and
linear regression analyses are employed to explore internationalisation
propensity and intensity against a series of individual and familial
variables, such as owner-manager’s personal attributes and owner
family’s features.
Findings: The results suggest that family business
internationalisation propensity and intensity is influenced by the
familial variable, the ownership degree of family businesses.
Contribution & Added Value: The paper explores the
issue of polish family business internationalisation and the insights
developed by this exploration will broaden knowledge landscape of polish
family-owned companies’ foreign expansion and facilitate the
understanding polish family companies’ survival and success in the
highly competitive market.
Kewords:
family business, internationalisation, owner, next generation
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Czech Republic
Hungary
Poland
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Contact:
Dr hab. Krzysztof Wach
Cracow University of Economics
wachk@uek.krakow.pl
www.wach.uek.krakow.pl
