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4 - The Transaction Cost Theory of Equity Joint Ventures

Past, Present, and Future

from Part I - Theory and Future Directions in Alliance Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2019

By
Jean-François Hennart
Edited by
Farok J. Contractor  and
Jeffrey J. Reuer
Farok J. Contractor
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, New Jersey
Jeffrey J. Reuer
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Boulder
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Frontiers of Strategic Alliance Research
Negotiating, Structuring and Governing Partnerships
 , pp. 67 - 82
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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