Determinants and performance impact of asymmetric governance structures in international joint ventures: An empirical investigation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 815-828

  Lee, Ji Ren ^a   Chen, Wei Ru ^b   Kao, Charng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHUNG HUA INSTITUTION FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Equity ownership; International joint venture; Operational control

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037781929     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00469-1     Document Type: Article

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