Absorptive capacity, learning, and performance in international joint ventures

Strategic Management Journal - Tập 22 Số 12 - Trang 1139-1161 - 2001
Peter J. Lane1, Jane E. Salk2, Marjorie A. Lyles3
1College of Business, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, U.S.A.
2Department of Strategy and Management, Groupe ESSEC, Cergy-Pontoise, France
3Kelley School of Business Indiana University Indianapolis Indiana U.S.A.

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Abstract

This paper proposes and tests a model of IJV learning and performance that segments absorptive capacity into the three components originally proposed by Cohen and Levinthal (1990). First, trust between an IJV's parents and the IJV's relative absorptive capacity with its foreign parent are suggested to influence its ability to understand new knowledge held by foreign parents. Second, an IJV's learning structures and processes are proposed to influence its ability to assimilate new knowledge from those parents. Third, the IJV's strategy and training competence are suggested to shape its ability to apply the assimilated knowledge. Revisiting the Hungarian IJVs studied by Lyles and Salk (1996) 3 years later, we find support for the knowledge understanding and application predictions, and partial support for the knowledge assimilation prediction. Unexpectedly, our results suggest that trust and management support from foreign parents are associated with IJV performance but not learning. Our model and results offer a new perspective on IJV learning and performance as well as initial insights into how those relationships change over time. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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