TY - JOUR T1 - Partner’s Assessment Model on Strategic Alliance Mechanism Between Developed and Developing Country: The Case of Australia-Malaysia Based Firms AU - Subhan, Muhammad AU - Abd. Ghani, Ahmad Bashawir JO - International Business Management VL - 7 IS - 3 SP - 234 EP - 246 PY - 2013 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1993-5250 DO - ibm.2013.234.246 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2013.234.246 KW - Strategic alliances KW -corporate relationship KW -firm partnership KW -Australia KW -Malaysia AB - This study elaborates a conceptual model of partners’ assessment of the performance of their co-partners in a collaborative business relationship. The model’s usefulness has been illustrated through a study of 12 collaborative arrangements between Australian and Malaysian firms. The results show differences or gaps in partners’ expectations and perceived performance of their co-partners. The perceptual gaps have been explained with reference to differences in motives of collaboration, intensity of interaction, cultural differences, as well as the active involvement of a catalyst in the development of the relationship. The study also, draws attention to the policy and strategy implications of the empirical evidence. ER -