Factors Influencing Learning Effectiveness*
in International Strategic Alliances
Ying Liu
Norwegian School of Management BI
Abstract This ever-globalized world has put the issue of competing in a globalized market up front. Firms are showing increasing interest in international strategic alliances in order to build up global competences. Among the various intentions with which firms enter into alliance, acquiring knowledge is the one that is put on the top list. This paper, based on the existing theories, investigates the factors that possibly have some impact on the effectiveness of learning in international strategic alliances. The study is a pure theoretical discussion which suggests that factors such as trust, commitment, moderness of organizational culture, length of cooperation, and structuralness may positively related to learning effectiveness while factors like national cultural difference may have a negative effect on learning.
Introduction
Today's firms are under great pressure to rethink the the question of how to acquire organizational knowledge, as globalization opens a new and broader arena where quick and active learners win.
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Note: As the readers of this paper will note, I directly go into the stage of theorical discussion. Actually, this term paper will be part of my MSc thesis, namely, the theoretical part. An ideal way of doing a quantitative study is to have a case study first, which narrows down the scope of theorical review. In fact I have done this job. However, I would not present the case in this paper. Otherwise, the term paper may turns out over-plump. What I am trying to say is that the theories discussed here is relevant to what is going on in the real...