Publication: Bonsais in a Wild Forest? A Historical Interpretation of the Longevity of Large Spanish Family Firms
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2007
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Instituto Laureano Figuerola
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En este artículo se presentan los primeros resultados de una investigación en curso sobre la longevidad de las grandes empresas familiares españolas. Su principal objetivo es proporcionar datos sólidos sobre un tema en el que abundan más las opiniones que las estadísticas científicas, así como identificar las claves de la supervivencia y competitividad de las cerca de 250 empresas en que se basa el estudio. Se concluye que esta realidad no es sólo el resultado de dos décadas de integración económica en Europa o de una buena dotación de recursos naturales, sino también de un largo período de aprendizaje y de la combinación de dos factores: la especialización en nichos de mercado que no fueron objeto de interés estratégico por parte del Estado, y la habilidad para consolidar redes personales de cooperación e influencia dentro y fuera del país.
This study presents the first results of an on-going study of longevity of large Spanish family firms. Its main objective is to provide solid data for a topic in which opinions are more abundant than scientific statistics, as well as to identify the keys to the survival and competitiveness of the almost 250 firms included in the study. It concludes that this reality is not just the result of two decades of integration in Europe or a fortunate endowment with some natural resources, but the outcome of a long learning process and the combination of two factors: specialization in market niches in which the state had no strategic interests and the creation of personal networks of cooperation and influence within and outside Spain.
This study presents the first results of an on-going study of longevity of large Spanish family firms. Its main objective is to provide solid data for a topic in which opinions are more abundant than scientific statistics, as well as to identify the keys to the survival and competitiveness of the almost 250 firms included in the study. It concludes that this reality is not just the result of two decades of integration in Europe or a fortunate endowment with some natural resources, but the outcome of a long learning process and the combination of two factors: specialization in market niches in which the state had no strategic interests and the creation of personal networks of cooperation and influence within and outside Spain.
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Empresa familiar, gran empresa, longevidad, competitividad, Family firm, large firm, longevity, competitiveness
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Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Año XXV, invierno 2007, n. 3, pp. 459-498