Organisational Learning and Internationalization Knowledge: A Comparative Study of Family Firms and Non-Family Firms

Sami Basly (1)

1 CEROS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur les Organisations et la Stratégie

This paper aims to contribute to the new stream of literature dealing with knowledge in family firms by analyzing the role of organizational knowledge in the internationalization of this type of firm. First, the study will try to emphasize the specificity of family firms as for double-loop learning, knowledge sharing, knowledge tacitness and emergence of internationalization strategy. Then, the influence of these variables on internationalization organizational knowledge and finally on firms' internationalization degree will be assessed.

Mots clés: Family business; internationalization; knowledge

Domaines: Gestion et management

Sami Basly. Organisational Learning and Internationalization Knowledge: A Comparative Study of Family Firms and Non-Family Firms. 10th Annual World Family Business Research Conference, Jul 2010, Lancatser, United Kingdom. ⟨hal-00516300⟩