ASSESSING REPLICATION AND EXTENSION - A COMMENTARY ON GLAISTER AND BUCKLEY - MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE IN UK INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES

This article reviews and critiques Glaister and Buckley's (1998), exam ination of measures of performance for a sample of UK international al liances. This article identifies and addresses issues regarding three aspects of Glaister and Buckley's research: (1) concerns regarding the ir efforts to 'replicate' an earlier study by Geringer and Hebert (199 1), (2) concerns with their efforts to extend the study to non-equity alliances, and (3) concerns with efforts to extend their study to issu es of alliance performance and culture. Suggestions are provided for i mproving the Glaister and Buckley study and for conducting future rese arch on alliance performance.