Relational capital and performance of international joint ventures in Vietnam

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 389-410

  Thuy, Lai Xuan ^a   Quang, Truong ^b  

^a HUE UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investment; International joint venture; Performance; Relational capital; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT; JOINT VENTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 23144441471     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380500068532     Document Type: Article

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