Country—specific advantage and international cooperation
研究检验了企业国籍所嵌入的国家特定优势是否是国际企业间合作的动机，利用日本企业在生物技术商业化中的国内与国际合作样本，发现国家特定优势是解释与不同国家合作伙伴合作差异的重要因素。
Abstract This paper tests the hypothesis that country‐specific advantage embedded in firms of a particular nationality is a motivation for international interfirm cooperation. A sample of domestic and international cooperative relationships formed by Japanese firms in the commercialization of biotechnology is used to identify factors which differentiate domestic from foreign partners. The findings support our hypothesis that country‐specific advantage is a significant variable in explaining differences between cooperative relationships with partners of different countries. The results of this study indicate that interfirm cooperation has implications for the international competitiveness of both firms and nations in high technology industries.