Governance of International Strategic Alliances (RLE International Business)

Technology and Transaction Costs

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 be an insightful contribution to international business, strategy, and economics.

... omitence of enforcement or implementation issues, and the “snapshot” nature
of the index, which was compiled for a single year — 1988. Business
International Corporation also provides evaluations of protection of industrial
property rights, ...