Role of Family Social-Capital, International Entrepreneurial Orientation and Organisation Innovation on Family Business Internationalization

Abstract

Growing scholarly interest in the topic of international entrepreneurship (IE) has been generated by the internationalisation behaviour of family businesses (FB) (Arregle et al., 2017; Cruz, 2014; Kontinen and Ojala, 2010 Reuber, 2016; Basco, 2014; Pukall and Calabro, 2014). Internationalisation creates substantial synergy with their present activities and enhances their performance Kontinen and Ojala, (2010). The international performance of familybusiness(IPFB) from developing economies has not been studied extensively, thus not much information is available. (Essen et al., 2015; Sabah et al., 2014; Carney et al., 2015). Internationalization is a critical entrepreneurial approach for FBs long-term growth and viability. Interest in research on family business internationalization (FBI) has been growing rapidly in recent years, due to the large increase in scholarly publications (Calabro et al., 2016a; Pukall and Calabro, 2014; Kontinen and Ojala, 2010). India has been the subject of few research in the international business literature dealing with developing markets during last 20 years (Hajela and Akbar,2013; Singh and Kota,2017, Kaul et al.,2020; Chatterjee and Bhattacharjee,2021). This study aims to expand the existing literature on the relationships surrounding the internationalisation of FBs in emerging economies such as India.