Analytical evaluation of the research on your topic

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CRITICAL REVIEW

• Analytical evaluation of the research on your
  topic
• It progresses from the general to the particular
  skim through first of all, then pick out some
  details, skimming before reading more closely the
  other contents
• Main purposes of reading to review
• Arguments Concepts
  Conclusions Definitions
• Events Evidence
  Hypothesis Interpretations
• Justification Motives
  Perspective Problem
• Questions Standpoint
  Techniques Theory

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PAPER ON IJVs

• Critical synopsis questions
• Why am I reading this?
• What are the authors trying to do in writing
  this?
• What are the authors saying that is relevant to
  what I want to find out?
• How convincing is what the authors are saying?
• In conclusion, what use can I make of this?

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PAPER ON IJVs

• Why am I reading this?
• What are my research interests?
• IJV, control design, Relationship between control
  design and performance, JVs in China
• Research background information in these areas
  (both theory and empirical studies) contrast and
  compare different ideas
• New references, sources of information
• Methodologies used positive and negative aspects

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PAPER ON IJVs

• What are the authors trying to do in writing
  this?
• Investigate how the IJV control structure evolves
  over time
• What the role of IJV performance is in this
  evolution process
• Formal strategic control over IJVs
• Dynamic perspective (rather than static approach)

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PAPER ON IJVs

• What are the authors saying that is relevant to
  what I want to find out?
• Relate my research interests to the main ideas
  presented by the authors in this case, lets say
  that I want to know in more details the
  relationship between control design and
  performance in IJVs, with an emphasis in China
• Indicators/variables used to measure control
  design and performance
• Data collection and analysis (robustness)
• Main findings, research limitations and
  recommendations for future studies

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PAPER ON IJVs

• How convincing is what the authors are saying?
• How robust is the research methodology applied
  and the corresponding findings? (Some limitations
  were identified by the authors when concluding
  the article)
• Possibilities of bias conclusions?
  Chinese-Japanese IJVs Manufacturing
  industries only Location (Eastern China)
• Data collection technique in-depth interviews
  with general managers (to discuss about
  performance issues?)
• Reliability of key variables used to measure
  control design and performance and validity of
  findings

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PAPER ON IJVs

• In conclusion, what use can I make of this?
• Critical analysis of main findings
• Results indicate a dynamic relationship between
  control design and performance
• IJV performance has an important feedback impact
  on the evolution of the control design
• The evolution of IJV control design has a strong
  tendency to independence, evolving along a
  continuum from a shared management design,
  through a dominant parent design to an
  independent design

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PAPER ON IJVs

• Critical analysis questions
• What review question am I asking of this text?
• What type of literature is this?
• What sort of intellectual project for study is
  being undertaken?
• What is being claimed?
• To what extent is there backing for claims?

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PAPER ON IJVs

• How adequate is any theoretical orientation to
  back claims?
• To what extent does any value stance adopted
  affect claims?
• To what extent are claims supported or challenged
  by others work?
• To what extent are claims consistent with my
  experience (if any)?
• What is my summary evaluation of the text in
  relation to my review question or issue?