Do culturally distant partners choose different types of joint ventures?

Journal of World Business

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-448

  Kaufmann, Jeffrey B ^a   O'Neill, Hugh M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural distance; Joint venture; Type

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548959135     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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