| This dissertation proposes an empirical approach to managing the International Joint Ventures (IJVs) post-phase, the phase which follows conclusion of an IJV agreement. The study centers on performance determinants of International Joint Ventures management, including IJV critical success factors, and presents an IJV management performance model.;A comparative analysis of companies based in Taiwan and the United States in computers and computer-related industries was conducted. Mail questionnaires were sent to IJV child firms' presidents or senior managers. One hundred and sixteen responses were received. The response rate was about twenty four percent. Paired t-test, multiple comparison and contrast (Tukey, Scheffe) tests, Pearson correlation, ANOVA, MANOVA, factor analysis, linear regression models, and multiple regression models were used in the study for statistical analysis.;Seven hypotheses about IJVs were tested. Thus, major relationships between IJV management independent variables and an IJV management dependent variable were identified. Autonomy, organizational learning and knowledge, technology, human resources management, and organizational adaptation were designed as IJV management performance determinants (independent variables) in the IJV empirical model. Return on sales (ROS) was measured as the dependent variable. Except for autonomy, the other four performance determinants have significant relationships with IJV corporate performance.;Based on the factor analysis, the study generated four critical success factors. These key determinants in IJV management are organizational climate, leaders and leadership, lower costs, and technology level. From an overall perspective, the organization climate factor, leaders and leadership factor, lower cost factor, and technology level factor are the keys for IJV management in the later stage of IJV development.;Four major human resources problems were also identified in the study. They were: motivation, ineffective management control, communication blockage, and promotions blockage.;The study emphasizes the performance determinants of IJVs. The results of this study suggest the way to upgrade managerial quality to improve an IJV corporation's performance. |
