The determinants of foreign partner's equity ownership in Southeast Asian joint ventures

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-206

  Indro, Daniel C ^a   Richards, Malika ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity joint ventures; Foreign equity ownership; Southeast Asia; Transitional economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248193826     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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