This exploratory study analyses the factors that affect the selection of a contract, alliance or joint venture for …

created by two emerging countries, Malaysia and China. The main aim of this paper is to identify the factors that have … negative effects on the performance of Malaysia-China construction joint venture (MCCJV) projects. Quantitative and qualitative … the incomplete JV contract, lack of effective dispute resolution method, inappropriate JV form, financial and human …

This paper provides new contract-level evidence on control rights allocation in order to define what makes a joint … distortions due to contract incompleteness. We compare predictions of the theoretical literature with actual governance structures … operating in China. With an exceptional response rate of 60%, our evidence confirms most of the theoretical predictions and …