International Joint Ventures in China

Yanni Yan is Lecturer in Management Studies at the University of Essex.

• Acknowledgements PART I: THE BACKGROUND Introduction Sino-foreign Joint Ventures Theories Relevant to Ownership and Control in Sino-foreign Joint Venture The Research Model for Exploring the Ownership, Control and Performance of IJVS PART II: THE FIELD STUDY Research Undertaken into Sino-foreign Joint Ventures Profiling of Objectives, Ownership and Control in Sino-foreign Joint Ventures Relationships Between Objectives, Ownership and Control Sino-foreign Joint Venture Performance PART III: CONCLUSIONS Conclusions: Implications for Theory and Practice in Sino-foreign Joint Venture References Appendices Index