The internationalisation of family SMEs in the Valencian region: the growing role played by Latin America, 1980-2018
| Autor: | Lluís Torró, Candelaria Saiz, Javier Vidal Olivares, Juan Zabalza |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Latin Americans
Strategy and Management Region of Valencia Common denominator Small and Medium Enterprises lcsh:Business Development Diversification (marketing strategy) Valencian language.human_language Internationalisation Internationalization Management of Technology and Innovation language Local environment Economic geography Business Small and medium-sized enterprises Business and International Management lcsh:HF5001-6182 Family Firms |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business; Vol. 5 No 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 115-149 Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Special Issue: Perdurability, families, and internationalization processes: approaches from business history in Latin America; 115-149 RCUB. Revistas Científicas de la Universidad de Barcelona instname Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 115-149 (2020) RCUB: Revistas Científicas de la Universidad de Barcelona Universidad de Barcelona (UB) |
| ISSN: | 2385-7137 |
| DOI: | 10.1344/jesb2020.2.j078 |
| Popis: | SME's and family businesses are central elements in Spain's modern economic growth. However, their process of internationalization has been little explored in recent research, particularly when it has been primarily aimed at emerging economies. The article aims to understand and explain the internationalisation process of SME's in the Valencian region in Latin America. Through a set of cases of companies from different sectors (Metal, Machinery, Chemical, Ceramics, Textile, Furniture) it is showed that since 1990, the different Latin American countries have been increasing their presence in the preferential markets of most of the 22 companies studied. The growing role of the region in the investments of Valencian SME's shows the diversification and expansion of destination markets, including geographically not only the traditional European or Arab countries but also those of Latin America. Different reasons underlie this internationalisation: but the enterprises analysed based on a case studies approach showed different models of expansion. The common denominator being that of strategies specifically developed and adapted to the destination country's local environment: from an incremental and gradual expansion. |
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