Western joint ventures in Turkey: Strategic motives and partner selection criteria

European Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 137-147

  Tatoglu, Ekrem ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multinationals; Subsidiaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986043541     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340010371809     Document Type: Article

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