ABSTRACT

The interaction between institutional settings and Entrepreneurial Families (EFs) is two-fold. Extant literature has attempted to understand how institutional settings can affect Family Businesses’ embeddedness. Both perspectives are complementary and necessary to recognize that EFs are not only locally embedded in their territories, but they are also entrenched in institutions. Despite this, how different institutional settings impact on EFs’ local embeddedness remains unexplored. To fill this gap, we combine institutional theory and family business research to perform a qualitative investigation. Drawing on the Varieties of Capitalism institutional categorization, an exploratory study is carried out by including four European regions from countries that are positioned as a Coordinated Market Economy (CME) (Germany), a Liberal Market Economy (LME) (United Kingdom) and two cases of Mediterranean capitalist system (France and Spain). Forty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted across the regions and analysed through an open-coding process. Findings unveil that EFs’ local embeddedness is conditioned by different institutional settings in different ways, namely through codified mechanisms (CME and Spain) and through non-formalized mechanisms (LME and France). These are unfolded in 20 mechanisms, which contribute to territorial policies adjustments depending on the category of institutional setting where EFs are locally embedded.

摘要

机构设置和创业家族 (EF) 之间的相互作用是双重的。现有文献试图了解制度设置如何影响家族企业的嵌入性。这两种观点是互补的，也是必要的，因为它们不仅在当地嵌入其领土，而且在机构中也根深蒂固。尽管如此，不同的制度设置如何影响 EF 的本地嵌入性仍有待探索。为了填补这一空白，我们结合制度理论和家族企业研究进行了定性调查。借鉴资本主义制度分类的多样性，通过包括来自定位为协调市场经济（CME）（德国）的国家的四个欧洲地区进行了探索性研究，一个自由市场经济（LME）（英国）和两个地中海资本主义体系（法国和西班牙）。在各个地区进行了 43 次半结构化访谈，并通过开放编码过程进行分析。调查结果表明，EF 的本地嵌入以不同方式受到不同制度环境的制约，即通过法典机制（CME 和西班牙）和通过非正规机制（LME 和法国）。这些在 20 个机制中展开，根据 EF 所在的机构设置类别，这些机制有助于区域政策调整。调查结果表明，EF 的本地嵌入以不同方式受到不同制度环境的制约，即通过法典机制（CME 和西班牙）和通过非正规机制（LME 和法国）。这些在 20 个机制中展开，根据 EF 所在的机构设置类别，这些机制有助于区域政策调整。调查结果表明，EF 的本地嵌入以不同方式受到不同制度环境的制约，即通过法典机制（CME 和西班牙）和通过非正规机制（LME 和法国）。这些在 20 个机制中展开，根据 EF 所在的机构设置类别，这些机制有助于区域政策调整。