Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

11-2007

Abstract

This article examines the relationships among parent firm technological knowledge, parent-IJV product relatedness, parent control over the IJV, and IJV survival. Combining the knowledge-based perspective and institutional theory, we argue that parent control itself does not necessarily lead to higher IN survival; it contributes to IN survival when the parent firm has a high level of technological knowledge, and when the IJV is product-related to this parent. Results obtained from 1038 Japanese IJVs based in China indicate that both equity control and managerial control of a Japanese parent had a positive interaction effect, with the parent's technological knowledge, on IN survival. Equity control also exhibited a positive interaction effect with product relatedness. In a sub-sample of 354 Sino-Japanese IJVs containing local parent information, managerial control by the Chinese parent was found to have a positive interaction effect, with Chinese parent-IN product relatedness, on IN survival.

Keywords

IJV survival, technological knowledge, product relatedness, equity control, managerial control, China, Japan, Cox regression

Discipline

Asian Studies | International Business | Technology and Innovation

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Journal of Business Research

Volume

60

Issue

11

First Page

1166

Last Page

1176

ISSN

0148-2963

Identifier

10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.08.008

Publisher

Elsevier

Copyright Owner and License

Publisher

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.08.008

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