Despite the fact that tens of thousands of international joint ventures, involving billions of dollars of foreign investment, have been established in China since the reform movement began in 1979, little is known about how the local and foreign managers view each other and work together in...

An overlooked factor affecting the success or failure of international joint ventures is the effectiveness of the leadership teams put in charge. In this paper, we analyze the special features of leadership teams in Chinese-foreign joint ventures and identify ways to improve their effectiveness....

Both Pearce and Molm have conducted research in interpersonal trust. Here we apply their work to international business by deriving hypotheses from their work, some compatible, some conflicting. We test them with data from managers in China, the United States, Hong Kong and Thailand using...