Organizational structure and success of international joint ventures in emerging economies: The case of Spanish-Moroccan SMEs

Review of Managerial Science

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 499-512

  Argente Linares, Eva ^a   López Pérez, M Victoria ^a   Rodríguez Ariza, Lázaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control; International business; Joint ventures; SMEs; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884701420     PISSN: 18636683     EISSN: 18636691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11846-012-0097-6     Document Type: Article

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