... known as entrepreneurial orientation and the ability to adapt, called absorption capacity. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this goal, an investigation of national and international academic production was carried out through a systematization called Proknow-C, being possible to identify...

...Felipe Hernandez-Perlines Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the moderating effect of absorptive capacity on the entrepreneurial orientation of international performance of family businesses. Design/methodology/approach The sample for this study was collected from 218 family firms...

...Jim Andersén Purpose – Absorptive capacity (AC) is a key competitive advantage and is defined as the capacity to absorb knowledge from the environment. Although some studies have examined how various antecedents to AC differ between family firms and non-family firms, no studies have set out...