<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Rapid internationalisation is a very popular research theme internationally. Verifying the links between familiness of the investigated firms and the accelerated internationalisation among Polish family firms can be very promising. The objective of the paper is to identify the rapid internationalisation path of Polish family firms while going international from the comparative perspective of the familiness. The paper presents the research results of the survey conducted in the turn of 2013-2014 among 216 firms, including 88 family businesses. Based on the calculations we can assume that the average time of internationalisation measured from the establishment is the longer in case of family firms than non-family firms. It can be with the line to the statement that born globals are more frequently met among non-family firms.</p></abstract>

Rapid internationalisation is a very popular research theme internationally. Verifying the links between familiness of the investigated firms and the accelerated internationalisation among Polish family firms can be very promising. The objective of the paper is to identify the rapid internationalisation path of Polish family firms while going international from the comparative perspective of the familiness. The paper presents the research results of the survey conducted in the turn of 2013-2014 among 216 firms, including 88 family businesses. Based on the calculations we can assume that the average time of internationalisation measured from the establishment is the longer in case of family firms than non-family firms. It can be with the line to the statement that born globals are more frequently met among non-family firms.

Familiness and Born Globals: Rapid Internationalisation among Polish Family Firms

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Rapid internationalisation is a very popular research theme internationally. Verifying the links between familiness of the investigated firms and the...

Familiness and Born Globals: Rapid Internationalisation among Polish Family Firms

Published Online: Aug 04, 2014

Page range: 177 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joim-2014-0028

Keywords
born global, internationalisation, international entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, family firms, family entrepreneurship

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Familiness and Born Globals: Rapid Internationalisation among Polish Family Firms

Published Online: Aug 04, 2014

Page range: 177 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/joim-2014-0028

Keywordsborn global, internationalisation, international entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, family firms, family entrepreneurship

© Społeczna Akademia Nauk

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
born global, internationalisation, international entrepreneurship, small and medium-sized enterprises, family firms, family entrepreneurship