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International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/90849 International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa Mamabolo, Anastacia ichelp@gibs.co.za Smith, Marthinus UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2022. International strategic alliances are seen as popular mechanisms for new market entry and gaining access to resources and technology. Despite their popularity, the failure rate of strategic alliances still remains high. The causes of strategic alliance failure are not clearly understood in academic literature. Using an anchoring theory of transaction cost economics and opportunism, this study investigated the topic of strategic alliance failure. This is further supported by Park’s and Ungson's integrative model on strategic alliance failure. Through a phenomenology study, the lived experiences of international business practitioners operating in Sub-Saharan Africa were studied. The aim was to create an extension of Park’s and Ungson's model with a specific focus on the opportunism construct. Forms of opportunism found include opportunism as intentional deceit, benevolent preference reversal, good faith reprioritisation, over-commitment, and lastly identity-based discordance. The reasons for alliance failure include poor partner and cultural fit, inappropriate governance, misalignment of expectations, noncommitment of roles and responsibilities, and lastly adverse macroeconomic conditions. These findings are relevant amongst the heavy industrial sector in Sub-Saharan Africa with prominent representation from Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa pt23 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2023-05-28T16:59:40Z 2023-05-28T16:59:40Z 19-04-2023 2022 Mini Dissertation * A2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90849 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | International strategic alliance failure: The lived experience of international business practitioners in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | international strategic alliance failure the lived experience of international business practitioners in sub saharan africa |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90849 |