Working abroad, working with others: How firms learn to operate international joint ventures

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barkema, HG; Shenkar, O; Vermeulen, F; Bell, JHJ
• 署名单位: Tel Aviv University; University of Hawaii System
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256889
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 426-442
• 关键词: TRANSACTION-COST-ANALYSIS; UNITED-STATES; FOREIGN ENTRY; SERVICE FIRMS; diversification; performance; management; expansion; KNOWLEDGE; subsidiaries

摘要

Successful international joint ventures entail both learning to operate across national boundaries and learning to cooperate. Hypotheses grounded in organizational learning theory were tested with event history analysis and data on 1,493 expansions of 25 large Dutch firms between 1966 and 1994. Experience with domestic joint ventures and with international wholly owned subsidiaries contributed to the longevity of international joint ventures, but prior experience with international joint ventures did not.