International joint venture partner selection: The role of the host-country legal environment

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Roy, Jean-Paul; Oliver, Christine
• 署名单位: Queens University - Canada; York University - Canada
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0047-2506
• DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2008.110
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 779-801
• 关键词: inter-organizational relationships; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; survey method; Legal environment; Partner selection; partnering concerns

摘要

This study attempts to enhance our understanding of how a host country's legal environment influences international joint venture (IJV) partner selection criteria. Empirical results based on survey data collected on 169 IJVs revealed that host-country rule of law perceptions negatively influence appropriation and coordination cost concerns, which positively influence partner-related criteria. Furthermore, these concerns mediate the relationship between perceptions of host-country rule of law and partner-related criteria. Journal of International Business Studies (2009) 40, 779-801.