Controlling International Joint Ventures: An Investigation of Australian Parent Partners
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Control of international joint ventures
Prior research has found that many international joint ventures (IJVs) fail. Some authors have suggested that control problems are one of the primary causes of IJV failures. However, little IJV-related research has focused on control issues. This paper reports the results of a largely exploratory study of the control practices employed by partners involved in three arguably successful IJVs. The...
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Accounting Review
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1035-6908,1835-2561
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2009.00049.x