Performance of international joint ventures: What factors really make a difference and how?

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 805-832

  Ren, Hong ^a   Gray, Barbara ^b   Kim, Kwangho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equity joint ventures; IJV performance; International joint ventures; Performance drivers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049116438     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308331165     Document Type: Review

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