Esteban García-Canal
Biographic Data
| ID | 5244840 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esteban García-Canal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esteban |
| FAMILY NAME | García-Canal |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA-CANAL E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Oviedo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Learning from giants: Early exposure to advance markets in the growth and internationalisation of Spanish health care corporations in the twentieth century
This article examines the influence of early exposure to advanced markets of the United States and Germany in the growth and internationalization of health care firms from Spain, a late industrialised country. Based on the case studies of the Spanish corporations Grifols and Ferrer, the study shows that early exposure to advanced markets helped them grow in their national markets, and in the world health care industry. It shows further that the s…
Family character and international entrepreneurship: A historical comparison of Italian and Spanish ‘new multinationals’
Although family firms are traditionally associated with low levels of internationalisation, this paper shows that family ownership can generate opportunities for international entrepreneurship related to the exploitation abroad of the expertise and social capital developed at home. Specifically, it argues that family character favours international expansion in at least three ways: (1) by granting more freedom to the managers of the company to de…
Adverse Selection and the Choice between Joint Ventures and Acquisitions: Evidence from Spanish Firms
We analyze the determinants of the choice between greenfield joint ventures, full acquisitions, and partial acquisitions in the internationalization expansion of a firm through foreign direct investments. Our results show that this choice is conditioned by transaction-cost factors (particularly the cultural distance between the home and host countries), as well as by the previous experience and internationalization path of the foreign investor, a…
Family character and international entrepreneurship: A historical comparison of Italian and Spanish ‘new multinationals’
Although family firms are traditionally associated with low levels of internationalisation, this paper shows that family ownership can generate opportunities for international entrepreneurship related to the exploitation abroad of the expertise and social capital developed at home. Specifically, it argues that family character favours international expansion in at least three ways: (1) by granting more freedom to the managers of the company to de…
Learning from giants: Early exposure to advance markets in the growth and internationalisation of Spanish health care corporations in the twentieth century
This article examines the influence of early exposure to advanced markets of the United States and Germany in the growth and internationalization of health care firms from Spain, a late industrialised country. Based on the case studies of the Spanish corporations Grifols and Ferrer, the study shows that early exposure to advanced markets helped them grow in their national markets, and in the world health care industry. It shows further that the s…
Adverse Selection and the Choice between Joint Ventures and Acquisitions: Evidence from Spanish Firms
We analyze the determinants of the choice between greenfield joint ventures, full acquisitions, and partial acquisitions in the internationalization expansion of a firm through foreign direct investments. Our results show that this choice is conditioned by transaction-cost factors (particularly the cultural distance between the home and host countries), as well as by the previous experience and internationalization path of the foreign investor, a…
Family character and international entrepreneurship: A historical comparison of Italian and Spanish ‘new multinationals’
Although family firms are traditionally associated with low levels of internationalisation, this paper shows that family ownership can generate opportunities for international entrepreneurship related to the exploitation abroad of the expertise and social capital developed at home. Specifically, it argues that family character favours international expansion in at least three ways: (1) by granting more freedom to the managers of the company to de…
Learning from giants: Early exposure to advance markets in the growth and internationalisation of Spanish health care corporations in the twentieth century
This article examines the influence of early exposure to advanced markets of the United States and Germany in the growth and internationalization of health care firms from Spain, a late industrialised country. Based on the case studies of the Spanish corporations Grifols and Ferrer, the study shows that early exposure to advanced markets helped them grow in their national markets, and in the world health care industry. It shows further that the s…
Business (3 works) · Finance (3 works) · Corporate Finance and Governance (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Finance (2 works) · Industrial organization (2 works) · International Business and FDI (2 works) · International trade (2 works) · Internationalization (2 works) · Market economy (2 works)