A conceptualization of an organizational teaming culture in international joint ventures

This paper focuses on organizational teaming and innovation in international joint ventures (IJVs). Organizational teaming addresses how organizations adapt to their environments, develop new knowledge, and then achieve competitive advantage, The authors present a conceptual framework that depicts the relationship between the parent organization(s)' climate, IJVs organizational teaming culture, innovativeness culture, innovation capacity, and IN performance. Broadly. the IJV achieves superior performance by higher levels of innovativeness (openness to new ideas) and innovation capacity (capacity to implement innovations), which are associated with its organizational teaming culture. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.