Control and trust are recurring themes in the analysis of the management of International Joint Ventures (IJVs). Both issues (and their antecedents) have been analysed in isolation and in their relation with performance, though hardly any study exists which analyses them simultaneously in their...

"The fundamental unit of production in microeconomics is the firm, and this mirrors reality in the United States and United Kingdom. But elsewhere, business groups can be the more important unit, for business strategy is often formulated at the business group level, not the firm level. In many...

In international joint ventures, where one of the partners is a multinational enterprise (MNE) and the other is a local firm that possesses some significant advantage in its market, there are sometimes issues of control (who is in charge of what) that may be reflected in the financial structure...

This case supplements "Joint-Venture Negotiating Committee: Slavagrad" (UVA-F-1043) with added information on the role of a key player on the negotiating team. Anna Krzykowiak is a young "democrat" seeking to liberalize Euroslavia's economy and to hasten the entry of General Motors Corporation

The joint venture company, or incorporated joint venture, is a common form of corporate entity in Malaysia, in part due to the Malaysian economic policy which sought to enhance bumiputera participation in the corporate economy. However, there is still a very small body of case law dealing with...

This paper examines bondholder wealth effects in global business collaborations with the form of cross-border joint ventures (JV) and strategic alliances (SA). Based on a sample of 1,898 event-firms from 2009 to 2015, we find significant and positive abnormal returns for bondholders. On average,...

The fundamental unit of production in microeconomics is the firm, and this mirrors reality in the United States and United Kingdom. But elsewhere, business groups can be the more important unit, for business strategy is often formulated at the business group level, not the firm level. In many...