International entrepreneurship and Mexican listed family firms’ CEO/Board characteristics

  1. Karen Watkins-Fassler 1
  2. Lázaro Rodríguez-Ariza 2
  1. 1 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR), Logroño, España
  2. 2 niversidad de Granada, Granada, España.
Revista:
Estudios Gerenciales: Journal of Management and Economics for Iberoamerica

ISSN: 0123-5923

Año de publicación: 2019

Volumen: 35

Número: 153

Páginas: 361-369

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.18046/J.ESTGER.2019.153.3166 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Estudios Gerenciales: Journal of Management and Economics for Iberoamerica

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Resumen

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar a influência das características dos Gerentes Gerais (CEO) e dos conselhos de administração, no empreendedorismo internacional. Existem 52 empresas familiares listadas no México (2001-2015), um mercado emergente onde a concentração de propriedades é particularmente alta. Os resultados obtidos a partir de um modelo probit binário mostram que a participação da família reduz as chances de internacionalização. No entanto, quando o CEO tem uma formação acadêmica nos negócios, a probabilidade de ter subsidiárias ou filiais no exterior aumenta. Finalmente, há evidências de que a presença de mulheres nos conselhos reduz as chances de empreendedorismo internacional

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