Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies

Autores
Corral, Silvia; D'Annunzio, María Claudia; Rébori, Alfredo
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
From the perspective of “familiness”, this paper aims to understand the behaviour of family businesses in light of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. In the empirical study, a qualitative design was applied. Following Eisenhardt (1989) and Eisenhardt y Graebner (2007), a minimum of 4 (four) cases were selected to explore and report on the first responses in terms of organisational strategies implemented by family businesses located in a medium-sized municipality in Argentina and belonging to the agri-food chain. The results obtained make it possible to state that, in the face of this crisis, the participating organisations focused on evaluating external circumstances and adopting a series of immediate measures aimed at reducing expenses to maintain themselves, but also at growing towards new markets, relying on self-financing and strong family ties and relationships with third parties. The paper provides new evidence on the resilience of these companies in critical contexts, particularly those located in geographically delimited environments.
Desde la perspectiva de la “familiaridad”, el objetivo de este trabajo es comprender el comportamiento de las empresas familiares frente a la pandemia originada por el COVID-19. En el estudio empírico se aplicó un diseño cualitativo; siguiendo a Eisenhardt (1989) y Eisenhardt y Graebner (2007), se optó por seleccionar un mínimo de cuatro casos con la finalidad de explorar e informar acerca de las primeras respuestas en términos de estrategias organizacionales implementadas por empresas de naturaleza familiar, ubicadas en un municipio de tamaño intermedio de Argentina y pertenecientes a la cadena agroalimentaria. Los resultados obtenidos permiten manifestar que, frente a esta crisis, las organizaciones participantes se enfocaron en evaluar las circunstancias externas y adoptar una serie de medidas inmediatas orientadas a reducir gastos para mantenerse, aunque también en el crecimiento hacia nuevos mercados, apoyándose en el autofinanciamiento y los fuertes vínculos familiares y con terceros. El trabajo proporciona nueva evidencia sobre la capacidad de recuperación de estas empresas en contextos críticos, en particular aquellas ubicadas en entornos geográficamente delimitados.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
Materia
Administración
Ciencias Económicas
COVID-19
family businesses
familiness
organizational strategies
Empresas familiares
Familiaridad
Estrategias organizacionales
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
Respuestas estratégicas de las empresas familiares argentinas frente a la crisis del COVID-19. Estudio de casos
title Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
spellingShingle Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
Corral, Silvia
Administración
Ciencias Económicas
COVID-19
family businesses
familiness
organizational strategies
Empresas familiares
Familiaridad
Estrategias organizacionales
title_short Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
title_full Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
title_fullStr Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
title_full_unstemmed Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
title_sort Strategic responses of argentine family businesses to the COVID-19 crisis : Case studies
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Corral, Silvia
D'Annunzio, María Claudia
Rébori, Alfredo
author Corral, Silvia
author_facet Corral, Silvia
D'Annunzio, María Claudia
Rébori, Alfredo
author_role author
author2 D'Annunzio, María Claudia
Rébori, Alfredo
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Administración
Ciencias Económicas
COVID-19
family businesses
familiness
organizational strategies
Empresas familiares
Familiaridad
Estrategias organizacionales
topic Administración
Ciencias Económicas
COVID-19
family businesses
familiness
organizational strategies
Empresas familiares
Familiaridad
Estrategias organizacionales
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv From the perspective of “familiness”, this paper aims to understand the behaviour of family businesses in light of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. In the empirical study, a qualitative design was applied. Following Eisenhardt (1989) and Eisenhardt y Graebner (2007), a minimum of 4 (four) cases were selected to explore and report on the first responses in terms of organisational strategies implemented by family businesses located in a medium-sized municipality in Argentina and belonging to the agri-food chain. The results obtained make it possible to state that, in the face of this crisis, the participating organisations focused on evaluating external circumstances and adopting a series of immediate measures aimed at reducing expenses to maintain themselves, but also at growing towards new markets, relying on self-financing and strong family ties and relationships with third parties. The paper provides new evidence on the resilience of these companies in critical contexts, particularly those located in geographically delimited environments.
Desde la perspectiva de la “familiaridad”, el objetivo de este trabajo es comprender el comportamiento de las empresas familiares frente a la pandemia originada por el COVID-19. En el estudio empírico se aplicó un diseño cualitativo; siguiendo a Eisenhardt (1989) y Eisenhardt y Graebner (2007), se optó por seleccionar un mínimo de cuatro casos con la finalidad de explorar e informar acerca de las primeras respuestas en términos de estrategias organizacionales implementadas por empresas de naturaleza familiar, ubicadas en un municipio de tamaño intermedio de Argentina y pertenecientes a la cadena agroalimentaria. Los resultados obtenidos permiten manifestar que, frente a esta crisis, las organizaciones participantes se enfocaron en evaluar las circunstancias externas y adoptar una serie de medidas inmediatas orientadas a reducir gastos para mantenerse, aunque también en el crecimiento hacia nuevos mercados, apoyándose en el autofinanciamiento y los fuertes vínculos familiares y con terceros. El trabajo proporciona nueva evidencia sobre la capacidad de recuperación de estas empresas en contextos críticos, en particular aquellas ubicadas en entornos geográficamente delimitados.
Facultad de Ciencias Económicas
description From the perspective of “familiness”, this paper aims to understand the behaviour of family businesses in light of the pandemic caused by COVID-19. In the empirical study, a qualitative design was applied. Following Eisenhardt (1989) and Eisenhardt y Graebner (2007), a minimum of 4 (four) cases were selected to explore and report on the first responses in terms of organisational strategies implemented by family businesses located in a medium-sized municipality in Argentina and belonging to the agri-food chain. The results obtained make it possible to state that, in the face of this crisis, the participating organisations focused on evaluating external circumstances and adopting a series of immediate measures aimed at reducing expenses to maintain themselves, but also at growing towards new markets, relying on self-financing and strong family ties and relationships with third parties. The paper provides new evidence on the resilience of these companies in critical contexts, particularly those located in geographically delimited environments.
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