Organizational culture and partner interaction in the management of international joint ventures in India

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 453-478

  Damanpour, Fariborz ^a   Devece, Carlos ^b   Chen, Chao C ^a   Pothukuchi, Vijay ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^c Midas Touch Infrastructure India Pvt Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

IJV performance; India; Integration acculturation strategy; Management of joint ventures; Organizational culture difference; Partner interaction processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861480270     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-010-9204-x     Document Type: Article

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