本研究主要研究國際合資中聯盟層級的變數（股權分配、文化距離）以及地主國環境層級的變數（國家管理層面、文化規範層面）對聯盟存活長度的影響，並進一步探討地主國環境層級變數對聯盟層級變數與聯盟存活長度間關係的調節效果。

本研究對115 個國際合資聯盟進行實證分析，聯盟均由二個合資夥伴所組成，一方為美國公司，另一方則為其他國家。實證研究結果發現，當合資夥伴間股權分配不平均及文化距離較小時，國際合資存活時間較長。同時，若合資時面對的地主國環境國家管理層面較嚴苛時，股權分配不平均及文化距離小的國際合資聯盟，存活時間會更長。

此研究主要的貢獻指出，地主國環境的國家管理層面相較文化規範層面對聯盟存活長度有較強的影響，因此，若要在國際投資中成功，跨國公司應優先考量地主國環境中的各種國家管理層面限制。

The purpose of this thesis is to understand how venture-level variables (ownership structure and cultural distance) and country-level variables (regulatory environment and normative environment) affect the international joint venture (IJV) survival duration, and how the country-level variables moderate the relationships between venture-level variables and IJV survival duration.

I developed a set of hypotheses, tested on a sample of 115 IJVs formed between U.S. firms and firms home-based in other countries. Empirical results find that non-equal ownership structures have a positive impact on IJV survival duration while cultural distance between partners has a negative impact. Meanwhile, under a restrictive regulatory environment, IJVs with unequal ownership structure and smaller cultural distance between partners are more likely to have longer survival duration.

My study also contributes to the literature that regulative forces has a stronger influence on IJV survival compared to the normative forces. Therefore, to succeed in international operation, MNEs should take regulative forces as the prior consideration.

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