Expert interviews among Sino-German joint venture and parent firm managers

Purpose – This study is a replication of Wolff and Reed’s (2000) work. The purpose of this paper is to examine how the combination of resources brought to joint ventures influence parent-firm performance. This study is also interested in whether or not the exposure of immobile resources through the semi-transparent membrane of the joint venture can have negative effects on parent-firm performance. Design/methodology/approach – The sample consists of two-parent joint ventures formed by publicly traded US firms between 1997 and 2013. The event-study methodology is used to calculate each parent-firm’s abnormal returns. This work also uses content analysis to analyze parent-firms’ annual reports (10-K). Findings – While Wolff and Reed’s results on resource allocation within joint ventures were not statistically significant, this replication study provided strong support to the resource allocation hypothesis. It was found that intangible resource heterogeneity within a joint venture creates higher performance gains for parent-firms than tangible resource heterogeneity. This work also successfully replicated Wolff and Reed’s findings on the negative impact of immobile resources exposure on parent-firm performance. Wolff and Reed’s results on resource complementarity were, however, not successfully replicated. Originality/value – This replication study goes beyond simply showing that engaging in a joint venture strategy creates value for parent-firms. Through the use of a new content analysis method, this study was able to provide strong support for Wolff and Reed’s theory on the performance gains provided by resource heterogeneity in a joint venture setting, and to confirm the results on potential adverse performance effects of immobile resources exposure.

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Alliance formation: A Study of the Malaysian Automobile Supporting Industry

Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business ◽

10.22146/gamaijb.5502 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 355

Author(s):

Ahmad Bashawir Abdul Ghani ◽

Malcolm Tull

Keyword(s):

Automobile Industry ◽

Strategic Alliances ◽

Strategic Alliance ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Foreign Market ◽

Alliance Formation ◽

Mode Of Entry ◽

Parent Firm ◽

Using Data ◽

Set Up

Competition in global industries is shifting increasingly from inter-firm rivalry to rivalry between networks of firms. Strategies of individual firms are thus contingent on the degree of interdependence that exists between them and the parent firm in the network. The present study examines the effect of network affiliation on a member firm’s decision to enter a foreign market and international strategic alliance formation. Affiliate firms have two options available to them: (1) enter into a competitive strategic alliance with a competitor or (2) enter into a symbioticstrategic alliance with the parent firm of the network organiza-tion. We tested this assertion using data from archival sources on sixty-five Japanese automobile suppliers that had set up strategic alliances in Malaysia and that belonged to various inter-organizational networks. Results indicate that when affili-ate firms are dependent on the parent firm, they prefer to form symbiotic strategic alliances. Conversely, affiliate firms prefer competitive strategic alliances with competitors when they are not dependent on the parent firm. ALLIANCE FORMATIONA Study of the Malaysian Automobile Supporting IndustryKeywords: automobile industry; joint venture; mode of entry; networks; strategic alliances

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Vertical FDI Spillover from Joint Venture to Host Country’s parent firm: Evidence from China

Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Management, Education Technology and Economics (ICMETE 2019) ◽

10.2991/icmete-19.2019.6 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Minrui Li

Keyword(s):

Joint Venture ◽

Parent Firm ◽

Vertical Fdi ◽

Firm Evidence

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Joint Venture Success in China: How Should We Select a Good Partner?

Journal of World Business ◽

10.1016/s1090-9516(99)80068-6 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 145-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

Y Luo

Keyword(s):

Joint Venture

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The experience of ranking russian economic journals

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2015-8-99-115 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 99-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

E. Balatsky ◽

N. Ekimova

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Citation Index ◽

Statistical Information ◽

Expert Evaluation ◽

Expert Interviews ◽

Bibliometric Data ◽

Russian Science ◽

Ranking Systems ◽

Economic Journals ◽

Russian Science Citation Index

The article presents the results of the rating of Russian economic journals, the methodology of which is based on a combination of bibliometric data and expert interviews. Processing of the statistical information system of Russian science citation index (RINC) allows us to form a “primary” list of the best journals in the country. Expert evaluation of the list makes it possible to reorganize it with regard to the scientific level of periodicals and get the “secondary” list. The merger of two ranking systems forms the basis of obtaining the final ranking of economic journals. It is shown that the leading part of the constructed rating forms a kind of the Diamond List of journals, which on the whole agrees with similar lists obtained in earlier studies by other authors.

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Pelatihan Business Plan pada UMKM di Desa Koto Rendah Kecamatan Siulak Kabupaten Kerinci

BAKTIMAS : Jurnal Pengabdian pada Masyarakat ◽

10.32672/btm.v2i3.2328 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 129-132

Author(s):

Musnaini Musnaini ◽

Besse Wediawati ◽

Zulfina Adriani ◽

Rts Ratnawati ◽

Dessy Elliyana

Keyword(s):

Business Models ◽

Joint Venture ◽

Business Plan ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Knowledge And Skills ◽

Business Plans ◽

Medium Enterprises

Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah (UMKM) yang berada di Desa Koto rendah, Kecamatan Siulak, Kabupaten Kerinci adalah bentuk Kelompok Usaha Bersama (KUBE) dari ibu-ibu rumah tangga yang mempunyai usaha bisnis dalam kuliner, pembibitan, pengolahan hasil pertanian dan perkebunan sekitar yang mereka miliki maupun penduduk setempat. Kegiatan pengabdian ini adalah untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan dan keterampilan mengenai kemampuan untuk melakukan perencanaan bisnis (Business Plan). Selain itu, untuk memberikan peningkatan keterampilan dalam merencanakan bisnis menggunakan bisnis model. Metode yang akan digunakan untuk mencapai tujuan tersebut adalah dengan pelatihan dan pendampingan membuat rencana bisnis dalam lembar kerja bisnis model canvas.Kata Kunci : UMKM, KUBE Business PlanABSTRACTSmall and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) located in Koto low Village, Siulak Sub-District, Kerinci Regency is a form of Joint Venture Group (KUBE) of housewives who have business ventures in culinary, nursery, processing of agricultural products and plantations. This devotional activity is to improve knowledge and skills regarding the ability to making a Business Plan. In addition, to provide improved skills in businesses plan using business models. The method that will be used to achieve that goal is by training and mentoring business plans in canvas model business worksheets.Kata Kunci : UMKM, KUBE Business Plan

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Inspiration Space

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2017.19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Milene GONÇALVES ◽

Katja THORING ◽

Roland M. MUELLER ◽

Petra BADKE-SCHAUB ◽

Pieter DESMET

Keyword(s):

Learning Environments ◽

Physical Environment ◽

Educational Institutions ◽

Expert Interviews ◽

Learning Spaces ◽

Causal Graph ◽

Physical Environments ◽

Creative Learning ◽

Design Students

Building on the assumption that the physical environment can have an influence on the creativity of designers and design students in particular, the aim of this paper is to provide theoretical propositions and evidences for this relationship. We develop various propositions about the influence of physical environments on creativity, based on eight expert interviews and supported by literature. A particular focus was given to the environments of design educational institutions. We present a summary of the main insights and visualize the developed propositions as a causal graph addressing how space influences creativity. These propositions can be regarded as a first step towards a theory of creativity-supporting learning environments and they can serve as a reference when designing or adjusting creative learning spaces.

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