International business alliances: An incomplete contract approach

Japan and the World Economy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-515

  Kasuga, Hidefumi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alliances; D23; F23; Incomplete contracts; Internalization; Joint ventures; L22; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348134498     PISSN: 09221425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0922-1425(98)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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