This paper examines the expropriation of a foreign investor by a local partner and the subsequent resolution of that case through international arbitration in favor of the investor. Despite the investor's 99% interest in joint venture, the local partner managed to divert the entire value of the...

SUBJECT AREAS: International finance, Joint Ventures, Negotiations, Political risk, Shareholders relationsCASE SETTINGS: Czech Republic; Broadcasting industry; $170 million revenues; 1997This case examines how insiders can expropriate value from shareholders in emerging markets when property...

This paper examines the expropriation of a foreign investor by a local partner and the subsequent resolution of the case through international arbitration in favor of the investor. Despite the investor's 99% interest in the joint venture, the local partner managed to divert the entire value of...

In this article, we study a well-known real option: the opening and closing of mines. Using a new database that tracks the annual opening and closing decisions of 285 developed North American gold mines in the period 1988--1997, we find that the real options model is a useful descriptor of...