Collaborative Governance Modes of the Enterprise Technical Standard Alliances for the “Belt and Road”: Based on the Principles of “Extensive Consultation, Joint Contribution, and Shared Benefits”

Abstract

Abstract: The global governance principles of “extensive consultation, joint construction and shared benefits” provide a new governance solution for the “Belt and Road” Enterprise Technical Standard Alliance (BRTSA). First of all, this paper constructs a collaborative governance model of the BRTSA based on the above-mentioned principles. Secondly, the degree of implementation of each governance principle in the alliance governance process and four kinds of BRTSA cooperation performance are evaluated respectively. Finally, the paper empirically tests the impact of alliance governance on cooperation performance, and uses Response Surface Analysis method to illustrate different modes of collaborative governance, which engage alliance members to commit to “extensive consultation, joint construction and shared benefits” principles could couple with higher technical, economic, social or strategic performance of cooperation activities. It is found that governance principles of “extensive consultation” and “joint contribution” have a significant positive correlation with cooperation performance, and “shared benefits” has a positive effect on performance through “extensive consultation” and “joint contribution”. The collaborative governance modes that respond to higher technical, economic, social or strategic performance of cooperation are also different. These findings imply that the alliance governance which uphold the principles of extensive consultation, joint construction, and shared benefits plays an important role in achieving cooperation performances of BRTSA, and the choice of collaborative governance modes in response to different performances should also be tailored to the specific circumstance.

Key words: the “Belt and Road” initiative, technical standards alliance, extensive consultation, joint construction and shared benefits, collaborative governance, cooperation performance

Wang Dongpeng, Zhou Qing, Yang Wei. Collaborative Governance Modes of the Enterprise Technical Standard Alliances for the “Belt and Road”: Based on the Principles of “Extensive Consultation, Joint Contribution, and Shared Benefits”[J]. Management Review, 2026, 38(4): 117-130.

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