International equity joint ventures in Ghana and Côte D'Ivoire: The experience of British and French Firms

Journal of African Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 5-30

  Bartels, Frank L ^a   Johnson, James P ^b   Ahmed, Zafar U ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint ventures; Strategic alliance; West Africa

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; FIRM OWNERSHIP; JOINT VENTURE;

COTE D'IVOIRE; GHANA;

EID: 0036399681     PISSN: 15228916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J156v03n03_02     Document Type: Article

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