Do multiple parents help or hinder international joint venture performance? The mediating roles of contract completeness and partner cooperation

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1021-1034

  Gong, Yaping ^a   Shenkar, Oded ^b   Luo, Yadong ^c   Nyaw, Mee Kau ^d  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contract completeness; Joint venture performance; Mediation; Number of parents; Partner cooperation; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CONTRACT COMPLETENESS; JOINT VENTURE PERFORMANCE; PARTNER COOPERATION; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34548450614     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.626     Document Type: Article

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