THE VALUE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING BY ORGANIZATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES

In: The journal of financial research: the journal of the Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association, Band 23, Heft 1, S. 77-102

Abstract

AbstractWe use a sample of international joint venture announcements to test the hypothesis that organizations learn from experience, such that prior learning enhances the value of later ventures. We find that experience with ventures in the same foreign location, as well as experience with international joint ventures in general, is valued by the market. In contrast, experience in the same type of joint venture activity does not add any incremental value. These findings suggest the market recognizes and values some, although not all, forms of organizational learning.