著者

李 建儒

出版者

日本経営学会

雑誌

日本経営学会誌 (ISSN:18820271)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.47, pp.87-100, 2021 (Released:2022-09-21)

参考文献数

29

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This article aims to reveal how the local alliance partner as knowledge accepter acquired and revised knowledge to achieve the strategic alliance success from knowledge transfer and knowledge adaptation perspectives. Besides, previous research about strategic alliance remained a question about revealing the qualitative method's alliance capabilities mechanism. This article proves that the knowledge transformation mechanism, which includes knowledge transfer and knowledge adaptation, as the mechanism of alliance capabilities to foster the strategic alliance. This article conducts the case study of FamilyMart in Taiwan. In the beginning, this article explains how the local alliance partner learned from FamilyMart in the process of knowledge transfer in 1988. Moreover, this article analyzes how the local alliance partner modified knowledge through observing the knowledge adaptation process. In 1994 FamilyMart achieved profitability by modifying information systems, production development, logistics management, and convenience store management. In conclusion, this article provides two findings. First, alliance learning has improved individual ability, and it has a positive effect on the knowledge transfer process. Second, local alliance partners' managers and employees modified knowledge to match the local institution, business environment, and market in the knowledge adaptation process.