Corporate Governance in International Joint Ventures: Toward a Theory of Partner Preferences

Corporate Governance and Firm Organization: Microfoundations and Structural Forms

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Child, John ^a   Rodrigues, Suzana B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Economic development; International firms; Multiple agencies; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449109875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269761.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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