Parent contribution and organizational control in international joint ventures

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1133-1156

  Chen, Dong ^a   Park, Seung Ho ^b   Newburry, William ^c  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Skolkovo Institute for Emerging Market Studies   (China)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International joint venture; Parent control; Resource contribution

Indexed keywords

CONTROL TYPE; IN-CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURE; INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES; PARENT CONTROL; RESOURCE CONTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CONTROL;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 70349598254     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.784     Document Type: Article

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