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Factores que determinan la dinámica de las empresas familiares y su reto con la internacionalización

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  • Liliana Marcela Bastos Osorio
  • Eduardo Felipe Vásquez Barajas
  • Yosuar Omar López Cáceres

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Resumen El objetivo principal del artículo es presentar los factores que determinan la dinámica de las empresas familiares y su reto con la internacionalización. En cuanto al método utilizado en el artículo, es de tipo descriptivo y documental, haciendo uso de bases de datos como ProQuest y fuentes bibliográficas especializadas. En los resultados y las conclusiones se obtiene que las empresas familiares suelen crecer más lento, requieren de la profesionalización de sus actividades, la creación de consejos de administración con la vinculación de personal externo a la familia, preparar el relevo generacional puede garantizar el éxito en el traspaso generacional de la empresa; en cuanto a la internacionalización, se constituye en una gran oportunidad para que las empresas familiares logren ampliar su alcance, acceder a más mercados, aumentar ingresos, diversificar el riesgo, realizar alianzas estratégicas, obtener transferencia de conocimiento y tecnologías y asumir los retos que conlleva la internacionalización. ********* Abstract The main objective consists on presenting the factors which determine the dynamics of family businesses and their challenge with the internationalization. In relation to the method used in the article, it is descriptive and documental, using data bases as ProQuest and specialized bibliographic sources. In the results and the conclusions achieved, the family businesses use to grow slower, they require to professionalize their activities, the creation of management councils linking external staff to the family, the offspring succession preparation may guarantee the succeed in the generational transfer of the family; in relation to the internationalization, there is a great opportunity so that family businesses may achieve to extend their scope, access in new markets, increase incomes, diversify risk, carry out strategic alliances, get knowledge and technology transferences and take over the challenges of the internationalization.

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  • Liliana Marcela Bastos Osorio & Eduardo Felipe Vásquez Barajas & Yosuar Omar López Cáceres, 2016. "Factores que determinan la dinámica de las empresas familiares y su reto con la internacionalización," Revista Lebret, Universidad Santo Tomás - Bucaramanga, vol. 8, pages 59-74, December.
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    Keywords

    Empresa familiar; profesionalización; relevo generacional; internacionalización.;
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    JEL classification:

    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance
    • D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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