Cooperative Strategies North American Perspectives

by Beamish, Paul W.; Ainuddin, R Azimah; Anand, Jaideep; Bjorkman, Ingmar; Chen, Min; Child, John; Delios, Andrew; Finn, Adam; Gray, Barbara; Hoskins, Colin; Leung, Kwok; Li, Jiatao; Lin, Julia L.; Lu, Yuan; Luo, Yadong; Makino, Shige; McFayden, Stuart; Olso

• ISBN13: 9780787908133
• ISBN10: 0787908134
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-06-03
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

New business models for a new world of business. In three geographically targeted volumes, foremost international strategy and management experts assess the theory and practice behind today's creative, cooperative international business alliances. Globalization demands adaptation, innovation, and cooperation. Joint ventures, strategic alliances, R&D partnership, consortia, technology transfers, and licensing, management service, franchising and cross-manufacturing agreements are just some of the strategies being implemented by international finns in our rapidly changing global business environment. Consolidating cutting-edge research and forecasting future trends, The Cooperative Strategies Series explores the extent, nature, operations, and environments of a variety of cross-border cooperative linkages around the world. In each volume, international contributors present the most up-to-date research on these topics: Advances in Theories of' Cooperative Strategies, the Formation of Cooperative Alliances, the Dynamics of are Partner Relationships, the Role of Information and Knowledge in Cooperative Alliances, and the Strategy and Performance of Cooperative Alliances. Blending conceptual insights with empirical analyses, they highlight commonalties and differences across national, cultural, and trade zones.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
The Authors	xxv
PART ONE Advances in Theories of Cooperative Strategies
International Joint Venture Decision Making	3	(19)
Yuan Lu
Ingmar Bjorkman
Cooperative Strategies and Chinese Business Networks: A Study of Hong Kong Transnational Corporations in the ASEAN Region	22	(35)
Henry Wai-chung Yeung
Formation and Evolution of International Joint Ventures: Examples from U.S.-Chinese Partnerships	57	(34)
Barbara Gray
Aimin Yan
PART TWO Formation of Cooperative Alliances
Incidence and Propensity of Alliance Formation	91	(24)
Paul W. Beamish
Andrew Delios
Motivations, Partners' Contributions, and Control of International Joint Ventures	115	(20)
Julia L. Lin
Chwo-Ming J. Yu
Dah-Hsian W. Seetoo
Cooperative Strategies Between Foreign Firms in an Overseas Country	135	(22)
Yigang Pan
David K. Tse
A Comparison of the Motivation of Japanese and Canadian Participants in International Joint Ventures in Television and Film: The Role of Cultural Distance and Management Culture	157	(24)
Colin Hoskins
Stuart McFadyen
Adam Finn
PART THREE Dynamics of Partner Relationships
Ownership and Control in Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures	181	(45)
John Child
Yanni Yan
Yuan Lu
Job Satisfaction in Joint Venture Hotels in China: An Organizational Justice Analysis	226	(19)
Kwok Leung
Peter B. Smith
Zhongming Wang
Haifa Sun
The Effect of Partnership, Communication, and Conflict Resolution Behaviors on Performance Success of Strategic Alliances: American and Thai Perspectives	245	(23)
Lois Bitner Olson
Kunchit Singsuwan
Diversification as a Supplementary Means of Control in International Joint Ventures: The Case of Japanese MNCs in Korea	268	(32)
J.H. Derick Sohn
Yongsun Paik
The Perspectives of Local Partners: Strategic Objectives and Structure Preferences of International Cooperative Ventures in China	300	(25)
Jiatao Li
Oded Shenkar
PART FOUR Strategy and Performance of Cooperative Alliances
An Empirical Analysis of Multinational Strategy and International Joint Venture Characteristics in Japanese MNCs	325	(16)
Jaideep Anand
R. Azimah Ainuddin
Shige Makino
Business Strategy, Investment Strategy, and Performance of International Joint Ventures: The Case of China	341	(34)
Yadong Luo
Min Chen
Local Knowledge Transfer and Performance: Implications for Alliance Formation in Asia	375	(28)
Shige Makino
Andrew Delios
Name Index	403	(12)
Subject Index	415