Creating and Managing Joint Ventures in China
研究了30家美中合资企业的经验,发现尽管面临诸多挑战,多数企业成功应对,美国合伙人对业绩满意度较高,为其他在华合资企业提供借鉴。
Joint ventures promise to be a critical vehicle for commercial interaction between the People's Republic of China and the rest of the world. Yet the joint venture format has proven to be an unstable and problematic form of organization in other settings. This article examines the experience of thirty U.S.-P.R.C. joint ventures. While a number of issues posed formidable challenges for all these firms, most have successfully dealt with the problems. The U.S. partners exhibited a surprising level of satisfaction with the performance of these ventures. Their experience provides useful insights for other firms contemplating or engaging in joint venture activities in China.