Meta-analyses of international joint venture performance determinants: Evidence for theory, methodological artifacts and the unique context of China

Management International Review

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 607-640

  Reus, T ^a   Rottig, Daniel ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Behavioral theory; China; International joint ventures; Meta analysis; Methodological artifacts; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955037753     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-009-0009-4     Document Type: Article

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