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- Title
Dialectical tensions and path dependence in international joint venture evolution and termination.
- Authors
Pajunen, Kalle; Fang, Liang
- Abstract
This paper identifies how dialectical tensions influence the conflicts in and unplanned terminations of international joint venture (IJV) relationships. The findings from case studies of two Finnish-Chinese JVs show how initial tensions and institutional imprints set the IJV processes in motion; how critical junctures influence perception of the IJV relationship and its evolution; and how a lack of efficient communication, interlinks between dialectical tensions, and insufficient movement of trust between cultural, organizational, and individual levels in the relationship lock in action patterns of confrontation which lead to the termination of the IJV. In essence, this study contributes to international business research by explaining the path-dependent nature of dialectical tensions in the evolution and survival of cross-cultural JVs.
- Subjects
CHINA; INDUSTRIAL management; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; JOINT ventures; CROSS-cultural studies; CORPORATE culture; PATH dependence (Social sciences); TERMINATION of trusts
- Publication
Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2013, Vol 30, Issue 2, p577
- ISSN
0217-4561
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10490-011-9267-3