Learning to manage international joint ventures

International Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-108

  Glaister, Keith W ^a   Husan, Rumy ^a   Buckley, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary relationships; Formation process; International joint ventures; Learning; Operational management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037311484     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-5931(02)00089-6     Document Type: Article

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