Reducing risks and overcoming barriers to family firm internationalization: German Mittelstand´s expansion to Latin America and the possible role of external partners and investors.
Abstract
The project aims to understand the processes and motivation of how German Family Businesses internationalized to Latin America using a Case Study approach. Some key themes that are explored are opportunity recognition and the use of networks as well as the strategic drivers and motivations on the family level behind the internationalization process.
Researchers
- Prof. dr. Ine Paeleman (promotor)
- Prof. dr. Eddy Laveren (promotor)
- Johannes Ritz