Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the action learning experience of business students in cross‐cultural teams in the role of international business information gatekeepers for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SME) focused on international business opportunities....

Purpose – To demonstrate the added value potential of cross‐cultural teams specifically related to Franco–British joint ventures. The paper begins by outlining the current context in M&As across Europe, then homes in on the specific trade links between France and the UK. To what extent are...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse and review whether national culture influences organisational beliefs about and behaviours to trans‐national alliance partners. Design/methodology/approach – Reviewed extant studies on national culture, organisational culture and...

Purpose – This paper seeks to develop a business model depicting the relationship between harmony, cooperation, and international joint ventures (IJV) performance. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a quantitative empirical study with the aim of making a contribution...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the dynamics of IJV inter‐partner cooperation and examines the critical determinants of maintaining ongoing cooperative intern‐partner relationship between IJV partners. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a dataset collected...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of issues that are involved in forming joint ventures (JVs) as well as subsequent operation of the venture. Design/methodology/approach – This paper looked at a wide range of literature on international joint ventures...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore a cooperation‐driven stage in the traditional framework of country competitiveness development and also suggest an approach to address pragmatic issues related to cooperation in the context, particularly, competitiveness evaluation and choice...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to analyse patterns of international co‐operation in economics and management research between Ibero‐American countries and between these countries and the USA and Europe. Design/methodology/approach – Taking co‐publications as an indicator, the...