Absorptive capacity, learning, and performance in international joint ventures

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lane, PJ; Salk, JE; Lyles, MA
• 署名单位: Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; ESSEC Business School; Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; IU Kelley School of Business
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.206
• 发表日期: 2001
• 页码: 1139-1161
• 关键词: International joint ventures; absorptive capacity; learning; KNOWLEDGE; performance

摘要

This paper proposes and tests a model of IJV learning and performance that segments absorptive capacity into the three components originally proposed by Cohen and Levinthal (1990). First, trust between an IJV's parents and the IJV's relative absorptive capacity, with its foreign parent are suggested to influence its ability to understand new knowledge held by foreign parents. Second, an IJV's learning structures and processes are proposed to influence its ability to assimilate new knowledge from those parents. Third, the IJV's strategy and training competence are suggested to shape its ability to apply the assimilated knowledge. Revisiting the Him.-arian IJVs studied by Lyles and Salk, (1996) 3 years later, we find support for the knowledge understanding and application predictions, and partial support for the knowledge assimilation prediction. Unexpectedly, our results suggest that trust and management support from foreign parents are associated with IJV performance but not learning. Our model and results offer a new perspective on IJV learning and performance as well as initial insights into how those relationships change over time. Copyright (C) 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.