Competitive consequences of interfirm collaboration: How joint ventures shape industry profitability

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1056-1073

  Tong, Tony W ^a   Reuer, Jeffrey J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

foreign direct investment; industry competition; industry structure; international joint ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954430425     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2010.2     Document Type: Article

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