CHAPTER: Profitability of JVs Abroad — A New Empirical Puzzle

By BENJAMIN GOMES-CASSERES, MAURICIO JENKINS, and PETER ZÁMBORSKÝ, in Farok Contractor and Jeffrey Reuer (eds.),Advancing the Frontiers of Alliance Research,…

Joint Venture Instability: Is It A Problem?

(Columbia Journal of World Business, 1997) Examines evidence of instability (or survival) of joint ventures of U.S. manufacturing affiliates abroad….

Firm Ownership Preferences and Host Government Restrictions

(Journal of International Business Studies, 1990) Integrates two approaches to explanation of ownership choices: transaction-cost economics and business-government bargaining. Tests…

Ownership Structure of Foreign Subsidiaries

(Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1989) Examines how U.S. MNCs select ownership structures of foreign subsidiaries. Model based on…

Joint Ventures in the Face of Global Competition

(Sloan Management Review) Presents a framework to help managers decide when to use a joint venture in investments abroad. Factors…

Joint Venture Cycles: The Evolution of Ownership Strategies of U.S. MNEs, 1945-75

(in Cooperative Strategies in Internaitonal Business, eds. Farok Contractor and Peter Lorange, 1988) Explores trends in joint venture formation over…