The paper reports on a research study of knowledge acquisition by Chinese firms involved in collaborative ventures with foreign enterprises. The study uses 152 Chinese businesses and examines how absorptive capacity (ACAP), as conceptualized by Cohen and Leventahl (1990) and modified by Zahra...

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Universalism-Particularism: The Dilemma -- 2 Reconciling Universalism and Particularism: Stories and Cases -- 3 Individualism-Communitarianism: The Dilemma -- 4 Reconciling Individualism and Communitarianism: Stories and Cases -- 5...