International Joint Ventures’ Knowledge Acquisition: Critical Literature Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Previous Critical Literature Review and Meta-Analysis on Knowledge Transfer and Acquisition
3. Knowledge Acquisition within International Joint Ventures
4. Review Methodology and Data Collection
4.1. Research Approach (Need to Fix the Citation from Google Scholars)
4.2. Time Horizon of Articles Publication
4.3. Identification and Selection of Relevant Databases
4.4. Selection of Relevant Journals
4.5. Identification of Relevant Articles
5. Study Findings
6. Discussion
7. Conclusions
8. Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Author (Year) | Title | Focus |
---|---|---|
[33] | Technology transfer: toward mapping the field, a review, and research directions | Technology transfer |
[34] | Technology transfer and public policy: a review of research and theory | Domestic technology transfer from universities and government laboratories |
[35] | Aiding the technology manager: a conceptual model for intra-firm technology transfer | Intra-firm technology transfer |
[36] | Transfer of technologies: a cross-disciplinary taxonomy | Technology transfer |
[31] | Inter-and intra-organizational knowledge transfer: a meta-analytic review and assessment of its antecedents and consequences | Inter-and intra-organizational knowledge transfer |
[27] | Inter-organizational knowledge transfer: Current themes and future prospects | Inter-organizational knowledge transfer |
[24] | Research on knowledge transfer in organizations: a morphology | knowledge transfer |
[28] | Knowledge communication and translation-a knowledge transfer model | a knowledge transfer |
[37] | Co-citation analysis of the scientific literature on innovation research traditions | Diffusion of innovations and technology transfer |
[29] | Antecedents and consequences of inter-organizational knowledge transfer: Emerging themes and openings for further research | inter-organizational knowledge transfer |
[30] | Knowledge management in strategic alliances: a review of empirical evidence | Knowledge management |
[23] | Subsidiary knowledge flows in multinational corporations: Research accomplishments, gaps, and opportunities | knowledge flows |
[38] | A literature review with citation analysis of technology transfer | Technology transfer |
[32] | The evolving state-of-the-art in technology transfer research: Revisiting the contingent effectiveness model | technology transfer |
[25] | Technology, innovation, and knowledge: The importance of ideas and international connectivity | Technology, innovation, and knowledge |
[26] | Inter-organisational technology/knowledge transfer: a framework from critical literature review | Technology and knowledge transfer |
Inclusion Criteria | Rationale for Inclusion or Exclusion |
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All countries and regions | Include all countries and regions |
All types of strategic partnerships | Includes just international joint venture |
All sectors | All sectors were included |
Journal ranking | Articles with a ranking of 4 or 3 as defined by the ABS (ABS 2010—Association of Business Schools Academic Journal Quality Guide March 2010) |
Level of analysis | We were only concerned with the macro level, organisation, thus excluding the international joint ventures. |
Perspective | All studies on knowledge acquisition at the international joint venture |
All sectors are included | We only included the journal articles |
Publication in peer-reviewed academic journals | We included peer-reviewed journals that publish high-quality academic research |
Either qualitative or quantitative papers, empirical studies, theoretical studies | We focused on capturing all evidence, both empirical and theoretical since different approaches have contributed to the research area |
Time horizon | From 1996 to 2020 |
Perspectives | Authors |
---|---|
Local parent firms’ knowledge acquisition from foreign partners in IJVs | [59,60,61,66,67] |
The foreign parent firms’ knowledge acquisition from the local partners in IJVs | [62,63] |
The IJVs’ knowledge acquisition from foreign partners | [1,39,50,51,52,53,64,65,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,77,78,79,80,81,82] |
Journal | 1996 | 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Journal of International Business Studies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Strategic Management Journal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jour of Adv Research in Dynamical & Control Systems | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Management International Review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Journal of International Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Journal of Business Research | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
International Business Review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Asian Business & Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asia Pacific Business Review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asia Pacific Journal of Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Management Decision | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
International Marketing Review | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Industrial Marketing Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Journal of World Business | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Author | Context | Determinants | Main Focus | Outcomes | Moderation | Mediation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[52] | Hungary | Capacity to Learn
Articulated Goals Active Involvement of Foreign Parent
Training | Knowledge from Foreign Parent | IJV’s Performance
| Conflict Ownership | |
[80] | Vietnam | Integrity Trust between Parents Social Controls Formal Controls Capacity to Learn Assistance by Foreign Parents Articulated Objectives for IJV Relatedness | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Performance | ||
[68] | Hungary | Absorptive capacity
| Knowledge Learned from Foreign Parents | IJV’s Performance | ||
[51] | Hungary | Parent-IJV the tie strength Trust Shared systems | Knowledge Acquisition
| IJV’s Performance | ||
[69] | Vietnam | Foreign parent commitment Local parent commitment Goal clarity Intensity of Conflict Frequency of conflict Moderating Variable/Age | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Performance | Firm age | |
[50] | Vietnam | Absorptive Capacity Ability to recognize the value of new external knowledge
| Knowledge Acquisition
| IJV’s Performance | ||
[72] | Korea | Trust between parents Cultural distance between parents Support from a foreign parent
| Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Performance | ||
[70] | Korea | Firm size Compatible organizational culture between parents Compatible organizational goals between parents Compatible business background between parents | IJV’s marketing knowledge acquisition | |||
[71] | Korea | Characteristics of knowledge acquirers
| Knowledge Acquisition | |||
[64] | Vietnam | The gap between the two types of internal resources Learning Capacity of IJV Foreign Ownership of IJV | Knowledge Acquisition
| Sustainable Competitive Advantage of IJV | ||
[74] | Korea | MNEs’ capability to transfer knowledge | IJVs Technology Acquisition | |||
[73] | Korea | Intensity of efforts Possession of relevant knowledge Reciprocal support by parent firms
| Knowledge Acquisition | |||
[75] | Korea | Exchange climate attributes
| Tacit Knowledge | IJV’s Performance | ||
[81] | Korea | Relational Capital
| Knowledge Transfer | IJV’s Performance | ||
[1] | Korea | Relational capital Exchange interaction Knowledge Intensity Cultural Distance IJV Size | Tacit Knowledge Explicit Knowledge | IJV’s Performance | IJV age | |
[82] | Korea | Disseminative Abilities
| Explicit Knowledge Tacit Knowledge | IJV’s Innovation | Compatibility between partners | |
[53] | Codification and articulation ability | Knowledge Acquisition | Foreign parents’ willingness Frequency of interactions The use of communication channels | |||
[76] | China | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Performance | Absorptive capacity Market dynamism | Channel management capability | |
[39] | China | Exchange Information | IJV’s Performance | Environmental uncertainty | Mutual trust Reciprocal commitment | |
[79] | Algeria | Transfer Mechanisms | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Performance | IJV’s Competitiveness | |
[78] | Algeria | Absorptive Capacity, Transfer Mechanisms, Knowledge Management Practices | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Competitiveness | ||
[77] | Algeria | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Performance | IJV’s Innovativeness IJV’s Competitiveness | ||
[65] | Algeria | Transfer Mechanisms, Knowledge Management Practices | Knowledge Acquisition | IJV’s Innovativeness |
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Bouteraa, M.; Tamma, E.; Aichouche, M.E.H.; Achour, S.; Lada, S.; Ansar, R.; Fook, L.M.; Chekima, B. International Joint Ventures’ Knowledge Acquisition: Critical Literature Review. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6364. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086364
Bouteraa M, Tamma E, Aichouche MEH, Achour S, Lada S, Ansar R, Fook LM, Chekima B. International Joint Ventures’ Knowledge Acquisition: Critical Literature Review. Sustainability. 2023; 15(8):6364. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086364
Chicago/Turabian StyleBouteraa, Mohamed, Elhachemi Tamma, Mohammed El Hafedh Aichouche, Sadok Achour, Suddin Lada, Rudy Ansar, Lim Ming Fook, and Brahim Chekima. 2023. "International Joint Ventures’ Knowledge Acquisition: Critical Literature Review" Sustainability 15, no. 8: 6364. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086364