In one of the most influential studies on family firm internationalization, Sciascia et al. (2012) advance a curvilinear relationship between family ownership and firm internationalization. We replicate their study adopting a three-step approach. First, we use the same measures on a different sample to test the generalizability of their findings. Second, we change the independent variable and hypothesize a negative relationship between family involvement in the board of directors and firm internationalization. Third, we introduce and measure the moderating role of firm age and firm size in this relationship. Our study advances the family firm internationalization literature both theoretically and methodologically. Theoretically, we show that it is not so much family ownership per se, but the influence the family obtains through board directorship that affects the family firm internationalization strategy. In addition, we show that this effect is moderated by firm age and size. Methodologically, our study is an important step forward toward increasingly transparent and replicable family business research.

在关于家族企业国际化的最有影响力的研究之一中，Sciascia 等人。(2012) 推进家族所有权与企业国际化之间的曲线关系。我们采用三步法复制他们的研究。首先，我们对不同的样本使用相同的措施来测试他们发现的普遍性。其次，我们改变自变量并假设家族参与董事会与公司国际化之间存在负相关关系。第三，我们介绍并衡量了公司年龄和公司规模在这种关系中的调节作用。我们的研究在理论和方法上都推进了家族企业国际化文献。从理论上讲，我们表明它本身并不是家庭所有权，但家族通过董事会获得的影响影响家族企业的国际化战略。此外，我们表明这种影响受公司年龄和规模的影响。在方法论上，我们的研究是朝着越来越透明和可复制的家族企业研究迈出的重要一步。