The internationalisation of Family Business Groups from a Cross-Cultural Perspective

Around the world, some of the largest firms in many countries are controlled by Family Business Groups (FBGs) such as Fiat in Italy, Ford in the US, Hutchison Whampoa in Hong Kong, Samsung in South Korea and many others. Further, many FBGs have a long history. Although FBGs are a significant and long standing phenomenon, their internationalisation strategy has received little attention from a cross-cultural perspective. Drawing on our previous work, in an exploratory fashion we conducted a systematic analysis of the literature to assess the state-of-the arts of the field