The effect of national culture, organizational complementarity, and economic motivation on joint venture dissolution

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Park, SH; Ungson, GR
• 署名单位: University of Oregon
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256884
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 279-307
• 关键词: COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CLUSTERING COUNTRIES; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; CHOICE; instability; performance; PERSPECTIVE; COOPERATION; INNOVATION; longevity

摘要

This study examined the effects of partner nationality, organizational dissimilarity, and economic motivation on the dissolution of joint ventures. Event-history analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 186 ventures. Cultural distance in general did not have an effect on dissolution, but U.S.-Japanese joint ventures lasted longer than U.S.-U.S. joint ventures. Prior relationships between partners appeared to negate some complexities arising from cultural differences. Opportunistic threat and rivalry appeared to be a stronger indication of the dissolution of joint ventures than organizational variables.