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Resources and performance of international joint ventures: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

Resources and performance of international joint ventures: the moderating role of absorptive... Purpose – Drawing on the resource‐based view and organizational learning theory, this study aims to examine the effect of resources and capabilities on international joint venture (IJV) performance. Design/methodology/approach – Departing from the extant research which largely assumes a bipartite relationship, the present study views an IJV as representing a tripartite relationship involving the IJV, its foreign parent and its local parent. Accordingly, it examines the effect of resources contributed by both foreign and local parents on IJV performance. It also examines how the IJV's absorptive capacity moderates the relationship between resource acquisition and performance. Findings – Results from a survey of 102 IJVs in China provide general support for the argument that performance of IJVs seems to be driven by the complementary resources of partner firms in combination with absorptive capacity of IJV. Originality/value – The findings from this study are useful for researchers interested in performance of iIJVs. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Asia Business Studies Emerald Publishing

Resources and performance of international joint ventures: the moderating role of absorptive capacity

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1558-7894
DOI
10.1108/15587891111152311
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Abstract

Purpose – Drawing on the resource‐based view and organizational learning theory, this study aims to examine the effect of resources and capabilities on international joint venture (IJV) performance. Design/methodology/approach – Departing from the extant research which largely assumes a bipartite relationship, the present study views an IJV as representing a tripartite relationship involving the IJV, its foreign parent and its local parent. Accordingly, it examines the effect of resources contributed by both foreign and local parents on IJV performance. It also examines how the IJV's absorptive capacity moderates the relationship between resource acquisition and performance. Findings – Results from a survey of 102 IJVs in China provide general support for the argument that performance of IJVs seems to be driven by the complementary resources of partner firms in combination with absorptive capacity of IJV. Originality/value – The findings from this study are useful for researchers interested in performance of iIJVs.

Journal

Journal of Asia Business StudiesEmerald Publishing

Published: Jul 26, 2011

Keywords: International joint ventures; Performance management; Resource‐based view; Absorptive capacity; China

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