.... This continuum reflects a broad distance between finding potentially relevant partners and identifying concrete solutions. This classifying exercise identifies five distinct models, their underlying matching mechanisms and the main motivations that sustain the community (See Table I). Some exceptionally...

... Family firms Motives Internationalization Small- and medium-sized enterprises Small- and medium-sized family firms (FSMEs) are many in number and are central in the dynamics of the world’s economy. Their distinctive characteristic is firm ownership being centred on the family. In this context...