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Performance of international joint ventures in Turkey: perspectives of Western firms and Turkish firms

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  • Tatoglu, Ekrem
  • Glaister, Keith W.

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This study compares responses from Western partner firms and local partner firms from a sample of international joint ventures (IJVs) in Turkey, in order to analyse the performance of IJVs on a range of topics including overall performance, the relative importance of performance criteria, and actual performance in terms of various dimensions of expected performance. The results of the hypotheses tests indicate that while both groups of partner firms are equally satisfied in terms of overall IJV performance, Turkish partner firms are more satisfied than Western partner firms regarding comparison with home country operations and host country competitors. The study also finds that the relative importance of IJV performance criteria varies to a moderate extent between Western and Turkish partner firms, and that both groups of partner firms evaluate IJV performance equally favourably across most underlying dimensions of IJV performance.

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  • Tatoglu, Ekrem & Glaister, Keith W., 1998. "Performance of international joint ventures in Turkey: perspectives of Western firms and Turkish firms," International Business Review, Elsevier, vol. 7(6), pages 635-656, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:iburev:v:7:y:1998:i:6:p:635-656
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