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Practice Standardization in Cross-Border Activities of Multinational Corporations: A Resource Dependence Perspective

verfasst von: Xia Jun, Marshall S. Jiang, Sali Li, Preet S. Aulakh

Erschienen in: Management International Review | Ausgabe 5/2014

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This study examines the relationship between power dependence and practice standardization in the context of cross-border alliances. Existing studies have typically assumed that standardization or adaptation is a unilateral decision made by multinational corporations (MNCs) but ignored the influence of the relative power of multinational and local partners under conditions of government influence. Drawing on resource dependence theory (RDT), we argue that the power imbalance between multinational and local firms may shape the standardization of practices in their established alliances. The results, based on a sample of 243 Fortune 500 US companies, indicate that when the level of government influence is high, the positive effect of MNCs’ resource importance on practice standardization diminishes and the negative effect of local firms’ alternative resources becomes stronger. These findings suggest that RDT has important implications for understanding standardization versus adaptation in cross-border alliances.

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Titel: Practice Standardization in Cross-Border Activities of Multinational Corporations: A Resource Dependence Perspective
verfasst von: Xia Jun
Marshall S. Jiang
Sali Li
Preet S. Aulakh
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2014
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Management International Review / Ausgabe 5/2014
Print ISSN: 0938-8249
Elektronische ISSN: 1861-8901
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-014-0218-3

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