Family firms are the foundation of economies across the world. Yet, little is understood about what motivates sustainability in these firms, particularly in developing economies. In this study, we examine family forestry and tourism firms in Chile and India and use a novel stated-choice method to understand preferences for sustainability and the trade-offs with profit maximization, law and regulation, and family relations (among others). There were heterogeneous preferences across the sample, with respondents favoring financial outcomes and viewing regulation negatively. Respondents preferred positive environmental impacts, and this was significantly favored by tourism firms. Forestry firms were particularly focused on maintaining satisfactory family relationships, where there was stronger family involvement in the firm’s management decisions. Indian respondents were more likely to prefer the expansion option in the choice study (financial outcomes), while Chileans preferred the eco-labeling choice (sustainability), suggesting more supportive sustainability norms in Chile. Chileans were more likely to exceed legal compliance in their choice selection and favored positive environmental impacts more. Overall, tourism firms were larger in terms of revenues and favored the eco-labeling choice with positive environmental impacts but with minimal regulations, while forestry favored expansion. These differences may be driven by the resources available to tourism firms for supporting sustainability measures and the importance of sustainability to their business models. Policies to support sustainability among family firms must account for their heterogeneity and must provide supports and incentives rather than regulations to facilitate sustainability.

El presente documento resume los aspectos técnicos del procesamiento de los datos de terreno levantados en el desarrollo del Inventario Forestal Nacional de Chile. Este inventario se enmarca en el Programa de Monitoreo de Ecosistemas Forestales del Instituto Forestal (INFOR) y constituye la herramienta estadística que provee de datos e información respecto del estado y condición del recurso comprendido en los ecosistemas forestales. El inventario constituye una iniciativa única en su género del Ministerio de Agricultura, a través del diseño, implementación y operación del Instituto Forestal, y comprende un diseño estadístico orientado a cubrir las necesidades de datos e información asociadas a los diversos procesos internacionales que monitorean las acciones de los países hacia un desarrollo sustentable. Además, se basa en una conceptualización jerárquica de los ecosistemas y su diseño corresponde a un enfoque multifuente, multinivel y multirecursos, cubriendo así un amplio espectro de interrogantes respecto de los ecosistemas. Se entregan en este documento datos resúmenes que buscan describir el estado y condición de los recursos comprendidos en los ecosistemas forestales. Estos datos constituyen una parte muy básica de la información contenida en base de datos, la cual es por su parte una fuente de información de enorme potencial de análisis.

In the historical development of capitalism, neoliberalism is the last stage where the principles of private property, commodification and marketization, financialization, and state distributions a...