This paper develops a model in which upstream network insiders' conduct relationship specific investment that induces the downstream firm to transact within networks. The scale of destination-country production and part-specific measures of the importance of network relationships and engineering...

Due to the rapid globalization that has resulted in global interaction and communication, the growth of international companies, an increasing number of cross-cultural mergers and acquisitions, and the formation of strategic alliances and agreements, intercultural business negotiation has become...