This study aims to improve understanding of how identity-building processes shape corporate identity and how dimensions of socioemotional wealth affect internationalization pathways in a family firm. The paper uses an in-depth case study of an Italian family firm internationally recognized as excellent in its industry. We developed an integrative theoretical model, combining socioemotional wealth frameworks and elements of the corporate identity mix. This enabled us to incorporate more theoretical knowledge from the field of international management into the domain of family business research. The latent construct of socioemotional wealth provides an in-depth understanding of the multidimensional nature of corporate identity-building processes and shows the intertwined nature of corporate identity and the “affective endowment” in the development of internationalization strategies.

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走向国际的家族企业：整合企业身份建立过程和社会情感财富维度

本研究旨在加深对身份构建过程如何塑造企业身份以及社会情感财富维度如何影响家族企业的国际化路径的理解。这篇论文使用了一个意大利家族企业的深入案例研究，该家族企业在国际上被公认为行业中的佼佼者。我们开发了一个综合理论模型，结合了社会情感财富框架和企业身份组合的元素。这使我们能够将更多来自国际管理领域的理论知识融入家族企业研究领域。