Leveraging Organizational Learning and Alliances in Complex and Changing Business Environments

Organizational learning and the learning-based view of the firm have become popular topics in international business. Despite their popularity, limited attention has been devoted to examination of the organizational and managerial implications to international business. In this chapter is a discussion of how organizational learning impacts alliances and international joint ventures in emerging economies and also in portfolios of alliances. The chapter concludes with a discussion of issues that deserve future empirical and theoretical examinations.