作者:Makadok, R; Walker, G
作者单位:Emory University; Southern Methodist University
摘要:Testing the causal link between a firm-specific competence and its antecedents or consequences has become a key objective for strategy research over the past decade. On one hand, case studies can identity a competence, but with their small sample size, their retrospective research design, and their tendency toward sampling on the dependent variable, they can not reliably rest the causal connection between a competence and its antecedents or its consequences. On the other hand, variance decompo...
作者:Steensma, HK; Lyles, MA
作者单位:University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; Indiana University System; Indiana University Indianapolis; IU Kelley School of Business
摘要:In this study, we combine social exchange and knowledge-based perspectives to develop a general path model of IJV survival. We further refine our expectations by considering the transitional economic context of our study and the somewhat unique managerial values resulting from the legacy of Marxist ideology. Results from structural equation modeling suggest that an imbalance in the management control structure between the parents leads to parental conflict and an increased likelihood of IJV fa...