Partnering strategies and performance of SMEs' international joint ventures

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 461-486

  Lu, Jane W ^a   Beamish, Paul W ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alliances; Entrepreneurship; International joint ventures; Internationalization; Performance; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646402640     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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