Overcoming institutional voids via arbitration

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 344-359

  Pinkham, Brian C ^a   Peng, Mike W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding international commercial arbitration (BICA); Contracts; Institution based view; Institutional voids; International joint ventures (IJVs); Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018368460     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41267-016-0026-z     Document Type: Article

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