Joint Venture Formations in the Information Technology Sector (Classic Reprint): A Diffusion-of-Innovation Perspective

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Joint ventures (jvs) have emerged as an important administrative option for shaping and supporting corporate strategies in recent years. Indeed, it has been estimated that the number of joint ventures formed in the l980's far exceed all the joint ventures formed in modern business history (anderson, This concept is of importance to several constituencies and have been studied from different theoretical perspectives (see for instance, Harrigan, 1985; Hennert, 1988; Kogut, l988a). The central research questions assessments of the motives for forming joint ventures (berg Friedman, 1977; Duncan, 1982; Hennart, 1988) and effectiveness of joint ventures (harrigan, 1985; mcconnell 8: Nantell.