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 paper aims to examine the differences between manufacturing and service sector firms regarding the determining factors for the decision to cooperate with research institutions to perform R&D activities. The second key contribution provided is the identification of institutional...

While internalization theory suggests that it is more beneficial for MNEs to internationalize through wholly‐owned subsidiaries rather than engaging in joint ventures, this paper argues that the joint venture approach can be successful. Based on a study of 42 international joint ventures in...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the SEC and BaFin designed to facilitate their supervision of internationally active firms and their oversight of markets. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains the scope of...

Purpose – This paper seeks to report on the development of a new interface for “finding” and “getting” resources from Australian libraries. Design/methodology/approach – The National Library of Australia has provided online access to the Australian National Bibliographic Database...

Purpose – This paper proposes identifying determinants of the choice of an organizational mode for providing after‐sales service in foreign markets. It aims to focus on the decision between contractual/equity cooperation and wholly‐owned foreign entities and the influence of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report on the highlights of the UN Global Compact Leaders Summit, the Principles for Responsible Management Education Global Forum and the Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative General Assembly held in New York and Boston in June 2010. It...