Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate differences in the perceived performance and competitiveness of “successful” family and non‐family‐owned firms in overseas markets. Design/methodology/approach – This paper reports on findings from a postal survey and...

This paper reports the findings from a postal survey investigating selected characteristics of winners of the Queen’s Award for Export, arguably the premier award for export achievement in the UK. It focuses on one part of the study, namely the extent to which standardisation or adaptation of...