1st Edition

Governance of International Strategic Alliances (RLE International Business) Technology and Transaction Costs

By Joanne Oxley Copyright 1999
160 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

International joint ventures and strategic alliances built on recent theoretical developments in Transaction Costs Economics (TCE) and the factors influencing the formation and governance of these alliances are examined in this analytical text. By bringing rigorous empirical analysis to an arena which has largely been pursued through speculative and theoretical approaches, this book will prove to... Read more
List of Figures, Tables. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction. 2. The Market-Hierarchy Continuum of Hybrid Organizations. 3. Appropriability Hazards and Governance. 4. An Empirical Study of Appropriability Hazards in International Strategic Alliances Stage 1: US-based Firms. 5. An Empirical Study of Appropriability Hazards in International Strategic Alliances Stage 2: Cross-National Comparisons. 6. Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research. Endnotes. References. Index.

Biography

Joanne Oxley (University of Toronto, Canada)