Competing globally, allying locally: Alliances between global rivals and host-country factors

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yu, Tieying; Subramaniam, Mohan; Cannella, Albert A., Jr.
• 署名单位: Boston College; Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.37
• 发表日期: 2013
• 页码: 117-137
• 关键词: Research methods; incorporating country variables; global competition; Alliances and joint ventures

摘要

An emerging literature highlights the relationship between competitive intensity and the likelihood that two rival firms will form an alliance. Placing this argument in an international context, we first suggest that the global competitive intensity between two rival multinationals positively affects the likelihood that they will ally in any host country. Additionally, we highlight how a number of host-country contextual factors moderate the relationship between global competitive intensity and alliance formation in a given host country. We test our hypotheses with a sample of 13 global automobile companies operating in 27 countries, and the results largely support our predictions. Journal of International Business Studies (2013), 44, 117-137. doi:10.1057/jibs.2012.37