International Joint Ventures

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-10

3. Theoretical Underpinning

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   Pages 11-31

4. The Rules of the IJV Games

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   Pages 32-62

5. A General Framework for Multi-Person Decision-Making

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   Pages 63-82

6. Static Common Agency

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   Pages 83-142

7. Dynamic Common Agency

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   Pages 143-159

8. Endgames — Termination Scenarios in the Last Stage of an IJV Life Cycle

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   Pages 160-179

9. Conclusion

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   Pages 180-187

10. Back Matter

    Pages 188-208

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International Joint Ventures (IJVs) combine the resources of local and foreign firms to create independent business entities, however, their failure rate is high. This analysis of the IJV life cycle considers the problems of multi-person decision-making. A typology of strategic and functional configurations, and solution concepts, are developed.

• business
• cooperative games
• incomplete information
• information
• joint venture
• life cycle

URSULA F. OTT is a Lecturer in International Business at Loughborough University Business School, UK. She obtained her PhD in Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Vienna. She was previously an Assistant Professor at the University of Vienna and a Research Scholar at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has published in refereed journals and made contributions to conferences in International Business and Game Theory.

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