The influence of national origin and uncertainty on the choice between cooperation and merger-acquisition: an analysis of French and German firms

Ulrike Mayrhofer

International Business Review, 2004, vol. 13, issue 1, 83-99

Abstract: This article attempts to evaluate the incidence of the national origin of companies and uncertainty on the choice between cooperation and merger-acquisition. The empirical study conducted by the author is based on a sample of 4632 interfirm linkages established by French and German companies. It reveals that the alliance mode decision is influenced by the institutional and cultural environment of companies and by the level of uncertainty resulting from the technological and psychic distance between parent companies. Moreover, the comparison of alliance strategies developed by French and German companies show different perceptions and responses to situations of uncertainty.

Keywords: Alliance; form; Cooperation; Merger-acquisition; National; environment; Uncertainty; Cultural; distance; Technological; distance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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