Network Mechanisms in the Entry and Post‐Entry Phases of Internationalization: Evidence from Finnish Family Firms

In this study, we posed the questions: (i) What network mechanisms do family firms (FFs) use in their entry and post-entry? (ii) How they these mechanisms? (iii) Why We based our study on social theory, two opposing mechanisms, closure structural holes, referring also to research FFs international networking. Applying a multiple case design with 15 Finnish FFs, identified four types of – trotter, preserver, explorer conqueror how used at post-entry. offer new mechanism that label termination explain heterogeneous networking behaviour investigated cases. During post-entry, bifurcation-biased differently from were able rely non-family relational assets. The contributes sheds light FF heterogeneity context