This empirical study explores first the relationship between operating years and entry strategies based on wholly-owned and joint venture companies. Second, we examine the effects of equity ownership, size, entry strategy and subsidiary age on the sales growth ratio and the subsidiary's...

International joint ventures (IJVs) enable foreign firms to complement their lack of local knowledge and resources by accessing their local partners' knowledge and resource bases. However, IJV formation is not simply a means of overcoming legitimacy-related challenges that stem primarily from a...

This volume collects eleven essays written by Japanese experts on various aspects of Japanese business management and is a sequel to the volume "Industry and Business in Japan". It examines the mechanisms for Japan's phenomenal economic growth since the Second World War by analyzing Japanese...