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Trust, control, interactionand performancein IJVs: A taxonomy of German-Chinese Joint Ventures
Mohr, Alexander T. - 2004
China carried out in 2000/01. Using Cluster-Analysis two JV types are derived, which allow for some first yet tentative …
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Piggybacking: A successful road to the Chinese market?
Preuße, Heinz Gert; Jakubowicz, Sibylle - 1998
The following essay deals with this kind of conflict as a possible consequence of the piggybacking strategy, presenting a theoretical part (chapter 2) followed by an empirical analysis (chapter 3). The latter is based on an opinion poll among German firms that have been asked to evaluate the...
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Disagreement and authority
Ellingsen, Tore; Miettinen, Topi - 2007
Can two negotiators fail to agree when both the size of the surplus and the rationality of the negotiators are common knowledge? We show that the answer is affirmative. When the negotiators can make irrevocable commitments at a low but positive cost, the unique symmetric equilibrium entails...
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Whole versus Shared Ownership of Foreign Affiliates
Stähler, Frank; Ryan, Michael; Raff, Horst - 2007
This paper studies why multinational firms often share ownership of a foreign affiliate with a local partner even in the absence of government restrictions on ownership. We show that shared ownership may arise, if (i) the partner owns assets that are potentially important for the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296282
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The Choice of Market Entry Mode: Greenfield Investment, M&A and Joint Venture
Stähler, Frank; Ryan, Michael; Raff, Horst - 2007
Multinationals may enter a host market by different modes of foreign direct investment (FDI). This paper examines the choice of FDI mode, and shows that the profitability of greenfield investment influences this choice not only directly, but also indirectly since it determines the outside option...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296283
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Mode of international investment and endogenous risk of expropriation
Dadasov, Ramin; Lorz, Oliver - 2010
In this paper, we develop a politico-economic model to analyze the relationship between the mode of international investment and institutional quality in a non-democratic capital importing country. Foreign investors from a capital-rich North can either purchase productive assets in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286399
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Whole versus Shared Ownership of Foreign Affiliates
Raff, Horst; Ryan, Michael; Stähler, Frank - 2008
This paper studies why multinational firms often share ownership of a foreign affiliate with a local partner even in the absence of government restrictions on ownership. We show that shared ownership may arise, if (i) the partner owns assets that are potentially important for the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260614
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Trade between China and the Netherlands: a Case Study of Globalization
den Butter, Frank A.G.; Hayat, Raphie - 2008
During the last decades, the growth of trade between China and the Netherlands has been larger than the increase in … bilateral trade flows between China and most other countries. Using a time series based gravity model, this paper investigates …-house offshoring to China is a major determinant of Dutch import growth from China. Dutch firms tend to offshore production in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326028
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Understanding co-operative R&D activity: Evidence from four European countries
Abramovsky, Laura; Kremp, Elisabeth; López, Alberto; … - 2005
This paper investigates co-operative research activity by firms using data from the 3rd Community Innovation Survey for four countries, France, Germany, Spain and the UK. We build on the Cassiman and Veugelers (CV) (2002) study of Belgian manufacturing firms, by incorporating information on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293088
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Internalization and internationalization under copeting real options
Fisch, Jan Hendrik - 2006
The theories of internalization and internationalization provide general factors of international market entry but are not precise about its timing. A model of waiting and growth options seizes the importance of flexibility to FDI decisions and centers the impact of uncertainty. The results of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295803