Over the last decades, many researchers made critical literature reviews and meta-analyses related to technology/knowledge transfer acquisition majors in different contexts. Due paucity of research, this study offers a review (CLR) on international joint ventures’ knowledge from foreign partners. This aims provide complete analysis 23 (out 93) research publications published reputable journals ...

Introduction Part 1 of this report is concerned with various aspects of the excavation carried out on the wreck of the Sea Venture, lost in 1609 off St. Georges Island, Bermuda (Fig. I ) . In particular; the excavation techniques used, and the results of the preliminary hull surveys, carried out between November 1982 and November 1983. Various classes of material recovered during the excavation...

There is general agreement that the quality of the management team is one of the most important characteristics of successful new firms. Accordingly, the evaluation of the venture team is central in a venture capitalist’s (VC) assessment of an investment proposal. Research has shown that team characteristics such as industry experience, educational background and commitment are considered impor...

It is shown that R & D joint ventures make it more likely that firms will be able to sustain tacit product-market collusion, all else equal. JEL classification: LI3; 032

In this paper we re-examine the regional determinants of FDI in China using both total FDI flows, and FDI flows disaggregated by entry mode. Building on both the FDI location and entry mode choice literatures, we argue for the existence of mode-specific location advantages, and test for their existence. We first specify and estimate a location model of aggregate FDI flows to Chinese regions. Us...

In a well-known study of joint venture (JV) characteristics, Beamish (1985) compared the attributes and performance of JVs located in developed and developing countries. This study advances Beamish’s (1985) work by circumventing some of its key limitations. It compares the structure and stock-market performance of two-party equity JVs across three host-country groups: (i) developed countries, (...

In addition to corporate executives, venture capitalists (VCs) have been receiving hot IPO shares from investment banks. The cozy relationship between VCs and investment banks calls in question of the well-documented certification role of VCs in IPO market. Using IPO data from 1988 through 1999, we document strong empirical evidence against the certification role of VCs. Instead, we find that V...