Strategic motives and partner selection criteria in international joint ventures in turkey: Perspectives of western firms and turkish firms

Journal of Global Marketing

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 53-92

  Tatoglu, Ekrem ^a   Glaister, Keith W ^b  

^a Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International joint venture; Selection criteria; Strategic motives; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009943292     PISSN: 08911762     EISSN: 15286975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J042v13n03_04     Document Type: Article

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