The effect of national culture, organizational complementarity, and economic motivation on joint venture dissolution

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This study examined the effects of partner nationality, organizational dissimilarity, and economic motivation on the dissolution of joint ventures. Event-history analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 186 ventures. Cultural distance in general did not have an effect on dissolution, but U.S.-Japanese joint ventures lasted longer than U.S.-U.S. joint ventures. Prior relationships between partners appeared to negate some complexities arising from cultural differences. Opportunistic threat and rivalry appeared to be a stronger indication of the dissolution of joint ventures than organizational variables. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

International aspects, Joint ventures, Intercultural communication, Business failures

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Interorganizational links and innovation: the case of hospital services

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Interorganizational links - cooperative relationships among distinct but related organizations - are believed to enhance innovative processes in organizations. We conceptualize various types of interorganizational links as opportunities for learning and resource sharing in the pursuit of innovation. A study of over 400 California hospitals over ten years found considerable support for the relationship between interorganizational links and innovation. Structural, institutional, and resource-based links were all strongly related to innovation in hospital services and technologies. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Hospitals, Business, Innovations

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Effects of profitability and liquidity on R&D intensity: Japanese and U.S. companies compared

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This study investigates the proposition that Japanese companies have a greater propensity than U.S. companies to sustain commitment to R&D in the face of fluctuating profits and liquidity. The analysis show that profitability declines led to increased R&D intensity in Japan. These effects were not confined to members of Japanese financial keiretsu, or industrial groups. The R&D intensity of U.S. companies fluctuated directly with two-year lagged profitability and liquidity variables, but these relationships might have been confined to more research-intensive companies. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

United States, Analysis, Japan, Industrial research, Profits, Liquidity (Finance), Corporate profits

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