Acquisition of organizational capabilities and competitive advantage of IJVs in transition economies: The case of Vietnam

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-308

  Zhan, Wu ^a   Chen, Roger ^b   Erramilli, M Krishna ^c   Nguyen, Duc Tri ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

International joint ventures; Performance; Resource based view; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149146484     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-008-9108-1     Document Type: Article

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