Joint venture instability and monitoring

Prabal Roy Chowdhury ()

Indian Growth and Development Review, 2009, vol. 2, issue 2, 126-140

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to build a theory of joint venture formation and instability based on synergy and monitoring. Design/methodology/approach - This problem is formulated as a dynamic game and solved using the notion of subgame perfect Nash equilibrium. Findings - It was found that monitoring problems may prevent the joint venture from forming at all. Moreover, joint venture formation usually involves over‐monitoring, andex postcould involve cheating by one, or both the firms. Faced with the possibility of over‐monitoring, firms may choose to under‐invest in improving the input quality. The paper develops some testable implications of this theory. Originality/value - The contribution of this paper is both methodological, as well as in terms of generation of new insight. It provides a framework that allows one to analyze issues like both sided moral hazard, as well as monitoring in joint ventures. New insights are that monitoring issues can take several forms including over‐ and under‐monitoring by partner firms, and, there is a linkage between such monitoring problems and joint venture instability.

Keywords: Joint ventures; Performance monitoring; Venture capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1108/17538250910992559

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