Evirgen, T C (1995) Performance in international collaborative ventures: Case of the global construction industry. PhD thesis, Michigan State University, USA.
Abstract
The importance of collaborative ventures for competitiveness in today's highly competitive global marketing environment is becoming more evident every day. A clear trend towards formation of such ventures is observed in many industries. Following an interdisciplinary approach, this dissertation draws concepts and constructs from different disciplines together and develops and tests a model of international collaborative venture performance. Performance is modeled as being multidimensional and its associations with the six relationship constructs derived from the literature are examined. These six constructs are partner fit, mutual commitment, interdependence, mutual trust, two-way communications, and balanced power. Additionally, a thorough analysis of the global construction industry is made using secondary data. The data used to test the model were collected through a mail survey of the top 225 international and top 400 US contractors. Furthermore, twelve in-depth interviews were conducted with executives and industry experts that provided qualitative data used to enrich the interpretation of the results. Pearson correlation and regression analyses were used in data analysis. The results suggest that partner fit and commitment are the most critical factors affecting overall collaborative venture performance and its various dimensions. On the other hand, mutual trust, two-way communications and interdependence appear to affect performance through their effects on commitment. Further, some significant relationships are found among the relationship constructs.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
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| Thesis advisor: | Cavusgil, S T |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | competitiveness; marketing; trust |
| Index terms: | becoming, critical factor, secondary data, global construction, competitiveness, executive, marketing, dissertation, dimension, interdependence, regression analysis, interview, data analysis, commitment, survey |
| Subjects: | research dissemination and communication, strategic management, practitioner, psychology, market analysis, philosophical process, data collection methods, risk assessment, business, data analysis and analytics, health monitoring assessment and metrics, organizational analysis, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Business Strategy, Organizational Design, International Construction, Risk Management, Health and Safety |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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