@techreport{Mohr2004Trust,
abstract = {Control and trust are recurring themes in the analysis of the management of International Joint
Ventures (IJVs). Both issues (and their antecedents) have been analysed in isolation and in
their relation with performance, though hardly any study exists which analyses them
simultaneously in their interdependence. More importantly however, there are few, if any,
studies that have empirically tested the existence and nature of the mechanisms that are
assumed to link control and trust to performance. It is the purpose of this paper to empirically
investigate these mechanisms in view of the interaction processes taking place between the JV
partners. Analysing the interaction processes in the context of control, trust and performance
is expected to provide a better understanding of the relationship between control, trust and
performance. To this aim a concept of inter-firm interaction in IJVs is proposed. The
empirical basis for this study consists of data gathered through a questionnaire survey among
German and Chinese General Managers of German-Chinese Joint Ventures (GCJVs) in the
People?s Republic of China carried out in 2000/01. Using Cluster-Analysis two JV types are
derived, which allow for some first yet tentative inferences to be made regarding the complex
interplay between control, trust, performance, and interaction in GCJVs.},
author = {Alexander T. Mohr},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {330; Joint Venture; China; empirical study; trust; control; Internationale Unternehmenskooperation; Joint Venture; Corporate Governance; Management; Vertrauen; Unternehmensentwicklung; Deutschland; China},
language = {eng},
number = {71},
title = {Trust, control, interactionand performancein IJVs: A taxonomy of German-Chinese Joint Ventures},
type = {Duisburger Arbeitspapiere zur Ostasienwirtschaft},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/23136},
year = {2004}
}
