Socio-Cultural Distance and the Choice of Joint Ventures: A Contingency Perspective
Open Access
- 1 June 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of International Marketing
- Vol. 2 (2), 63-80
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1069031x9400200205
Abstract
It is widely believed that firms choose joint venture forms overseas when confronted with high socio-cultural distance. However, the probability of choosing the joint venture form is expected to be moderated by the firm-specific characteristics of the investing firm as well as country-specific characteristics of the country of investment. This study examines the moderating role of some firm- and country-specific factors on a firm's choice of joint venture form in response to socio-cultural distance. The firm-specific factors examined in this study include size, multinationality, and technological intensity; and the country-specific factors examined in this study include country risk and market potential. Recent data from a sample of U.S. manufacturing firms is used to test the contingency hypotheses. Results indicate the usefulness of the contingency approach for modeling choice of joint ventures.Keywords
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