Determinants of foreign ownership in international R&D joint ventures: Transaction costs and national culture

Journal of International Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-130

  Richards, Malika ^a   Yang, Yi ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity ownership; International joint ventures; R D

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249813688     PISSN: 10754253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intman.2007.03.001     Document Type: Article

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