Received: 12 April 2003 Revised: 2 March 2004 Accepted: 9 April 2004 Online publication date: 2 September 2004 Abstract Drawing on organizational learning and economic sociology, we address how relational embeddedness between the foreign parent and international joint venture (IJV) managers influences the type of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) transferred to the IJV, and how the importanc...

Background and Objectives. The hypothesized link between extracranial venous abnormalities and some neurological disorders awoke interest in the investigation of the internal jugular veins (IJVs). However, different IJV cross-sectional area (CSA) values are currently reported in literature. In this study, we introduced a semiautomatic method to measure and normalize the CSA and the degree of ci...

This study explores why international joint ventures (IJVs) based in the global South may meet with only partial success in nurturing local technological capability. The experience of China’s passenger-vehicle sector demonstrates that in the existence of a substantial technologicalcapability gap between alliance partners, the IJV arrangement is likely to create a “passive” learning mode, and le...

According to transaction cost theory, the risk of opportunism is a major obstacle to cooperative relationships, such that multinational corporations need to exert control over their international joint ventures (IJVs). However, inconsistent findings indicate that the controleperformance linkage is complex and poorly understood. This study develops a mediating framework and suggests that perceiv...

OBJECTIVE To determine if chronic cerebral venous insufficiency exists in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) using ultrasonography and 4-dimensional color Doppler ultrasonography examination and unverified criteria proposed by Zamboni et al. DESIGN Patients with MS and clinically isolated syndrome were matched by age and sex with subjects with migraine or no neurological disease. All subje...

AIM The use of a central venous catheter (CVC) through the internal jugular vein (IJV) in neonates is associated with various complications. We postulated that the risk of vein deformity after removing the CVC is underestimated. This study aimed to evaluate, using Doppler ultrasound, morphological changes in the IJV that had undergone CVC insertion during the neonatal period. METHODS The stud...

Foreign partner firms’ (FPs’) superior intangible assets such as technology and marketing and other management skill are an integral source of their bargaining power in their negotiations with potential joint venture partners (JPs) and government regulators in the host country. FPs which can exercise high levels of bargaining power enter the host country market with either a fully owned subsidi...

This paper investigates the dynamic relationship between the control design and performance across eight international joint ventures (IJVs) operating in China. We find that the control design of an IJV tends to evolve along a continuum toward independence and better performance from a shared management type, through a dominant parent type, to an independent type. During the evolution process, ...

Prior internationalization process theory has typically focused on how firms learn from foreign experience. We model, in addition, how firms identify and select valuable expansion opportunities. More specifically, we develop theory and hypotheses on how internationalizing firms travel through a value landscape using international joint ventures (IJVs): identifying, evaluating, and selecting min...

We study the outcome of decision a state-controlled entity (SCE) to form an international joint venture (IJV) with foreign partner in SCE's country. Focusing on perspective host SCE, we propose that its search for partner, SCE will evaluate sociopolitical legitimacy effect candidate partner's corporate social performance (CSP). Thereby, consider CSP important selection criterion because decisio...