•third, the ability of local managers to control access to the labour market and product standardisation distribution channels. expertise and information may effectively stymie directly or indirecuy (strategic driver of resource power): and.
• finally, the host country partner may have extensive IJV experience resulting in the same enhanced decisional power discussed for MNE standardization previously. Further, in dealing with large centralised economies, there exists a significant central pool of experience in UVs that may not be company specific, yielding cross-company experience and expertise far in excess of many MNEs unique developmental histories (strategic driver of experience).