An optimal level of technology reliance on foreign partners in a global sourcing partnership: components procurement, technology management and market performance
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Existing studies on global sourcing strategy have implicitly adopted a closed-systems perspective in which sourcing activities are managed within a multinational company across national boundaries. Product and process innovations and components procurement that are jointly managed by a consortium of cooperating firms have not been examined. In this paper, we empirically examine the issues concerning sourcing partnerships in an open-systems perspective. Findings suggest that even in a sourcing partnershiparrangement with a foreign supplier, the principal firm's ability to procure and control the supply of major components has a positive bearing on its market performance.
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KOTABE, M.; AULAKH, P. S. An optimal level of technology reliance on foreign partners in a global sourcing partnership: components procurement, technology management and market performance. RAE - Revista de Administracao de Empresas , [S. l.], v. 36, n. 4, p. 20–33, 1996. Disponível em: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/38118. Acesso em: 30 jun. 2024.
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Administração mercadológica
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