The effects of absorptive and joint learning on the instability of international joint ventures in emerging economies

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 906-924

  Fang, Eric ^a   Zou, Shaoming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliances and joint ventures; Knowledge based view; Primary data sources

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953140448     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.100     Document Type: Article

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