Technological knowledge, product relatedness, and parent control: The effect on IJV survival

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1166-1176

  Xu, Dean ^a   Lu, Jane W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Cox regression; Equity control; IJV survival; Japan; Managerial control; Product relatedness; Technological knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848861922     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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