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

Resumen

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la influencia tanto de características de los Directores Generales (CEO, por su sigla en inglés) como de los consejos de administración, en el emprendimiento internacional. Se contemplan 52 empresas familiares listadas en México (2001-2015), un mercado emergente donde la concentración de la propiedad es particularmente alta. Los resultados obtenidos a partir de un modelo probit binario muestran que la participación de la familia reduce las probabilidades de internacionalización. No obstante, cuando el CEO tiene formación académica en negocios, la probabilidad de tener filiales o sucursales en el extranjero aumenta. Finalmente, hay evidencia que la presencia de mujeres en los consejos reduce las probabilidades de emprendimiento internaciona

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