International Joint Ventures: Economic and Organizational Perspectives, 1995

International Joint Ventures: Economic and Organizational Perspectives is the result of a symposium on International Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances held by the Center for Research in Conflict and Negotiation at Pennsylvania State University. The book gives a cross-disciplinary treatment of the economic and managerial issues affecting joint venture formation, operation and performance, including subjects ranging from the impact of international trade policy to cross-cultural communication on joint venture operations. The volume enriches our understanding of each discipline from the vantage point of the other, building a more complete understanding of joint ventures as a mode of entry into domestic and international markets.
Two categories of question are analyzed: issues of importance to the joint potential and actual participants in a joint venture, and issues related to the social effects of joint ventures from the point of view of society as a whole or its agent, the regulator. The questions are addressed using simple theoretical models and conceptual discussions as well as empirical analyses.
Audience: Executives, policy makers and scholars of economics, decision analysis, political science and management.

Introduction. Research joint ventures as a means of assembling complementary inputs; M.L. Katz. Non-cooperative, cooperative and delegative R&D; S. Marjit, H. Shi. Networks of innovators: evidence from Canadian patents; S. Gauvin. Patterns of strategic alliances between rival firms; B. Garrette, P. Dussauge. Agency costs and the structure and performance of international joint ventures; J.M. Geringer, C.P. Woodcock. Bargaining power, management control, and performance in U.S.-China joint ventures: A comparative case study; A. Yan, B. Gray. Barriers to international joint ventures and strategic alliances; K.R. Harrigan. Transnational patterns in commercial class aircraft manufacturing: why and how; V.L. Golich. Antitrust analysis of joint ventures: an overview; D.A. Yao.