This paper investigates the way culture influences Japanese inter-firm exchange processes, arguing that isomorphism (e.g., due to macro-force flux and convergence) is eroding traditional Japanese management practices and increasing heterogeneity. The role of culture in the development of...

Over the last three decades, strategic alliance performance has been an important research topic within the international business and management fields. Researchers have investigated a number of factors explaining performance but often find diverging results. Scholars have suggested that one...

Past research in the international collaborative strategy area has paid little attention to the matter of alliance staffing, limiting insight into conditions framing the adoption of alternative management staffing approaches. Following a thorough conceptualisation of staffing objectives and...