Performance of international joint ventures in Turkey: Perspectives of Western firms and Turkish firms1

International Business Review

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 635-656

  Tatoglu, Ekrem ^a   Glaister, Keith W ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

International joint ventures; Performance; Turkish partners; Western partners

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039504537     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00031-6     Document Type: Article

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