Khan, Zaheer, Nicholson, J.D. (2015) Technological catch-up by component suppliers in the Pakistani automotive industry: A four-dimensional analysis. Industrial Marketing Management, 50 . pp. 40-50. ISSN 0019-8501. (doi:10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.05.023) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:59835)
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Official URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.05.023 |
Abstract
This qualitative paper reports findings of an investigation into buyer-supplier interaction in the Pakistani auto-parts industry. We conceptualize technological catch-up by Pakistani suppliers in four relatio-spatial dimensions with international joint ventures (IJVs) as mediating gateways between dimensions. A critical realist lens is deployed to connect macro-level constructs with micro-level concepts and expose the interplay between agency (micro-level) and structurally constraining (macro-level) conditions inherent in a late-liberalizing emerging economy. Key findings are that catch-up occurs in four temporally overlapping dimensions in which, different macro-level governance mechanisms and firm-level orientations transform and affect the degree of catch-up. The findings support an optimum pathway for catch-up from an apprentice like transactional state in Dimension One to a fourth dimension in which relational interaction with foreign suppliers becomes lightly mediated by the IJV's gateway.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.05.023 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | B2B relationships, Catch-up, Critical realism, Emerging markets, Knowledge transfer |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Marketing, Entrepreneurship and International Business |
Depositing User: | Zaheer Khan |
Date Deposited: | 11 Jan 2017 11:19 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:52 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/59835 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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