Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector
This study explores why international joint ventures (IJVs) based on the global South may meet with only partial success in nurturing local technological capability. The experience of China’s passenger-vehicle sector demonstrates that in the existence of a substantial technological capability gap be...
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| author | Nam, Kyung-min |
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| description | This study explores why international joint ventures (IJVs) based on the global South may meet with only partial success in nurturing local technological capability. The experience of China’s passenger-vehicle sector demonstrates that in the existence of a substantial technological capability gap between alliance partners, the IJV arrangement is likely to create a “passive” learning mode, and learners using this IJV arrangement may be able to strengthen their production capability but leaving their project execution and innovation capabilities largely undeveloped. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/864122022-09-27T18:38:44Z Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector Nam, Kyung-min Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change MIT Energy Initiative Nam, Kyung-Min Nam, Kyung-min This study explores why international joint ventures (IJVs) based on the global South may meet with only partial success in nurturing local technological capability. The experience of China’s passenger-vehicle sector demonstrates that in the existence of a substantial technological capability gap between alliance partners, the IJV arrangement is likely to create a “passive” learning mode, and learners using this IJV arrangement may be able to strengthen their production capability but leaving their project execution and innovation capabilities largely undeveloped. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for International Studies Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Joint Program on the Science & Policy of Global Change 2014-05-05T18:33:12Z 2014-05-05T18:33:12Z 2011-04 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 0960-6491 1464-3650 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/86412 Nam, K.-M. “Learning through the International Joint Venture: Lessons from the Experience of China’s Automotive Sector.” Industrial and Corporate Change 20, no. 3 (June 1, 2011): 855–907. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4579-4815 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtr015 Industrial and Corporate Change Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf Oxford University Press Nam |
| spellingShingle | Nam, Kyung-min Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector |
| title | Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector |
| title_full | Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector |
| title_fullStr | Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector |
| title_short | Learning through the international joint venture: lessons from the experience of China's automotive sector |
| title_sort | learning through the international joint venture lessons from the experience of china s automotive sector |
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