29 research outputs found
Riding the waves of family firm internationalization:A systematic literature review, integrative framework, and research agenda
Despite the proliferation in research efforts, family firm (FF) internationalization scholarship suffers from fragmentation, theoretical limitations, and empirical indeterminacy, leaving important facets unexplored. This articleâs purpose is to unpack how this body of research has evolved over time and interfaces international business (IB) theory. We conduct a systematic literature review of relevant theoretical and empirical studies covering the last 30 years of research and comprising 134 articles. Our study contributes to this corpus of knowledge by identifying and discussing four evolutionary waves of FF internationalization research. We further advance an integrative framework that offers a comprehensive understanding of the state-of-the-art as well as promising avenues for future research at the intersection of IB and FFs
SME Internationalization beyond Exporting: A Knowledge-based Perspective across Managers and Advisers
Micromultinationals are small and medium-sized enterprises that engage in foreign market entry
modes beyond exporting. The purpose of this study is to unveil the knowledge types required by
micromultinationals. To this end, we conducted an interpretive interview study involving managers
and advisers. We extend the SME internationalization literature by distilling the knowledge types that
this unique body of small multinationals requires. Furthermore, we generate a framework that
enhances the knowledge-based perspective by showing that micromultinational expansion is led by
tacitly dominated knowledge of internal actors related to products, industries, and markets and
facilitated by functional knowledge provided by external actors
When Economies Change PathsâModels of Transition in China, the Central Asian Republics, Myanmar & the Nations of Former Indochine Française
Customer relationship management (CRM) : the effect of organisational culture : a longitudinal case study
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Female role stereotypes in print advertising: Identifying associations with magazine and product categories
Purpose â The purpose of this study is three-fold: to provide recent evidence in the UK on the
frequency of appearance of female role portrayals in print advertisements; to compare female role
stereotypes across magazine types; and to explore the interface between female role stereotypes and
product categories.
Design/methodology/approach â An integrative approach to content analysis was used in order
to analyze advertising communication in print media. The sample consisted of n Œ 3,830
advertisements published in ten high circulation UK magazines.
Findings â The study indicates that women in UK magazine advertisements are mainly portrayed in
decorative roles; and that female role stereotypes vary significantly across magazine types. The
findings also suggest that there is an association between product categories and female role
stereotypes.
Practical implications â The study highlights the need for the advertising industry in the UK to
adjust its communication practices to the changing role of women in society.
Originality/value â The study extends research in the area of female role stereotypes in print
advertising by considering the frequency of female role portrayals across different magazine types;
and investigating the association between product categories and female role stereotypes
Time and the customer relationship management process: conceptual and methodological insights
Case Studies in Family Business Research
Based on a review of 63 case studies from the family business field, the authors emphasize
the potential of critical realist case studies for family business scholars. The review revealed
that the positivistic case study introduced by Yin and Eisenhardt is the disciplinary
convention of family business field. Since there are several events and mechanisms
underspinning social phenomena, such as succession, they need to be both explanained
(erklÀren, matching the positivist view) and understood (verstehen, matching the
constructivist/interpretive view) which is the staring point of critical realism (Bhaskar, 1998;
Sayer, 1992). Hence critical realis ontology can be very fruitful for future studies. In a critical
realist case study, the research question addresses a research phenomenon of interest, in terms
of discernible events, and asks what causes them to happen (Easton, 2010). This matches FB
research that studies events, mechanisms and processes in special.peerReviewe