Introduction

Yu (Aimee) Zhang
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Yu (Aimee) Zhang: University of Wollongong

Chapter Chapter 1 in Collaboration in the Australian and Chinese Mobile Telecommunication Markets, 2014, pp 1-8 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study investigates the issues of the types, motives, benefits, risks and key determinants of successful inter-firm collaborations in the Chinese and Australian mobile telecommunication markets. Inter-firm collaboration has become increasingly important in the global economy (Lavie 2007). Firms rely on collaborations to access new resources, new technology, skills, latest market information, new markets and knowledge, to increase innovation, to reduce costs, and to overcome government policy barriers. Since 1990 the number of global strategic alliances has grown by more than 25 % annually (Bleeke and Ernst 1995). Inter-firm collaborations between competing firms and firms from different cultural backgrounds increased dramatically in recent years (Vilana and Monroy 2010).

Keywords: Mobile Telecommunication; Qualitative Case Study; Primary Research Question; Successful Collaboration; Transaction Cost Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40151-0_1

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