TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of the use of various control mechanisms in US-Chinese joint ventures
AU - Chalos, Peter
AU - O'Connor, Neale G.
N1 - Funding Information:
We wish to thank participants of the International Accounting Conference, Cambridge University, 2000, the AAANZ Conference (Cairns, Australia, 1999) and seminars at the City University of Hong Kong (2001), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2003) and the University of Illinois at Chicago (2002). We are especially grateful for the comments that we received from Chee Chow, Yadong Luo, Michael Firth, Maris Martinsons, Yanni Yan and two anonymous reviewers. The work described in this paper was substantially supported by a grant from the Research Grants Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. [Project No. City U 9040381].
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PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - This study of US-Chinese joint ventures examined the effects of relative partner knowledge and specific asset investments on the usage of various types of control mechanisms. These controls included expatriate staffing, socialisation practices, delegated decision-making responsibilities, parent company communications and manager performance incentives. Based on field visits and survey data, we found that partner knowledge and specific asset investments influenced a broad set of controls. Whilst the US joint venture partners considered controls to be particularly useful for the selective transmission and protection of their knowledge, the Chinese partners viewed these same controls as a means to selectively share and protect their specific asset investments in the ventures.
AB - This study of US-Chinese joint ventures examined the effects of relative partner knowledge and specific asset investments on the usage of various types of control mechanisms. These controls included expatriate staffing, socialisation practices, delegated decision-making responsibilities, parent company communications and manager performance incentives. Based on field visits and survey data, we found that partner knowledge and specific asset investments influenced a broad set of controls. Whilst the US joint venture partners considered controls to be particularly useful for the selective transmission and protection of their knowledge, the Chinese partners viewed these same controls as a means to selectively share and protect their specific asset investments in the ventures.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aos.2003.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.aos.2003.10.005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:4944266235
SN - 0361-3682
VL - 29
SP - 591
EP - 608
JO - Accounting, Organizations and Society
JF - Accounting, Organizations and Society
IS - 7
ER -