WORKING ABROAD, WORKING WITH OTHERS - HOW FIRMS LEARN TO OPERATE INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES

Authors
BARKEMA HG SHENKAR O VERMEULEN F BELL JHJ
Citation
Hg. Barkema et al., WORKING ABROAD, WORKING WITH OTHERS - HOW FIRMS LEARN TO OPERATE INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES, Academy of Management journal, 40(2), 1997, pp. 426-442
Citations number
79
Categorie Soggetti
Management,Business
Journal title
Academy of Management journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00014273
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
426 - 442
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-4273(1997)40:2<426:WAWWO->2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Successful international joint ventures entail both learning to operat e across national boundaries and learning to cooperate. Hypotheses gro unded in organizational learning theory were tested with event history analysis and data on 1,493 expansions of 25 large Dutch firms between 1966 and 1994. Experience with domestic joint ventures and with inter national wholly owned subsidiaries contributed to the longevity of int ernational joint ventures, but prior experience with international joi nt ventures did not.