The effect of alliance network diversity on multinational enterprise performance

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Goerzen, A; Beamish, PW
• 署名单位: University of Victoria; Western University (University of Western Ontario); University Western Ontario Hospital
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.447
• 发表日期: 2005
• 页码: 333-354
• 关键词: Multinational enterprise; network; alliance; Joint venture; diversification

摘要

This paper examines the impact of alliance network diversity on multinational enterprise (MNE) economic performance. We consider competing hypotheses derived, alternatively, from transaction cost theory and network theory. Using a latent variable structural equation modeling approach on a sample of 580 large MNEs, we find that MNEs with more diverse alliance networks experience lower economic performance on average than those with less diverse alliance networks. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.