The hesitant transfer of strategic management knowledge to international joint ventures in China : greater willingness seems likely in the future

摘要

Briefly outlines the development and attraction of the “joint venture” approach to foreign investment in China. Provides a number of in-depth interviews with top management personnel of five well-known international joint ventures. Attempts to discover what strategic management knowledge was transferred from the Western partner. Finds only limited evidence to suggest such a transfer was taking place but suggests that these ventures are still relatively new. Points to China’s likely entry into the World Trade Organisation as an opportunity for change.