The role of the family and the institutional context for ambidexterity in Latin American family firms

IF 9.5 1区 管理学 Q1 BUSINESS
Fernanda Canale , Claudio Müller , Eddy Laveren , Bart Cambré
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Organizational ambidexterity —the ability to simultaneously engage in exploration and exploitation— is an important characteristic of firms that are interested in pursuing continuity. One of the prevalent goals of family firms is continuity. Thus, there is great interest in understanding ambidexterity and the factors that promote this behavior within family firms. Although there is some research that has explored this topic, there is a limited understanding regarding which family factors drive ambidexterity, how they influence it, and the role of the context in this process. We conducted a study with 21 Latin American family firms to better understand the family factors that play a role in the strategic orientation towards ambidexterity of family firms and the conditions under which these family factors matter. Our findings indicate that family maturity and family social responsibility are two family factors that drive the ambidextrous orientation of family firms when they help the family business develop dynamic capabilities. Additionally, the institutional context also influences how business families implement and use these capabilities to enhance their ambidextrous orientations. We discuss the implications of our findings for theory and future research.

拉美家族企业中家族的作用和灵活性的制度背景
组织的灵活性--同时进行探索和开发的能力--是有意追求连续性的企业的一个重要特征。家族企业的普遍目标之一就是连续性。因此,人们非常有兴趣了解家族企业的灵活性以及促进这种行为的因素。虽然有一些研究对这一主题进行了探讨,但对于哪些家族因素会推动灵活性、这些因素如何影响灵活性以及环境在这一过程中的作用,人们的了解还很有限。我们对 21 家拉美家族企业进行了研究,以更好地了解在家族企业的灵活性战略导向中发挥作用的家族因素,以及这些家族因素发挥作用的条件。我们的研究结果表明,当家族成熟度和家族社会责任这两个家族因素有助于家族企业发展动态能力时,它们就会推动家族企业的模糊导向。此外,制度环境也影响着企业家族如何实施和利用这些能力来增强其双向取向。我们将讨论我们的发现对理论和未来研究的影响。
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11.40
自引率
19.40%
发文量
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Family Business Strategy takes an international perspective, providing a platform for research that advances our understanding of family businesses. Welcoming submissions across various dimensions, the journal explores the intricate interplay between family dynamics and business operations, contributing new insights to this specialized field.
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