The Instability of Joint Ventures: Learning from Others or Learning to Work with Others

Pedro Portugal () and José Mata

Working Papers from Banco de Portugal, Economics and Research Department

Abstract: We analyze the patterns of international joint venture termination, to compare the learning and trust views of joint ventures. We distinguish between three ways in which termination may occur and allow for the possibility that some joint ventures never confront the chances of terminating in these ways. We find that the chances of terminating a joint venture increase over time, in particular when the joint venture is terminated by dissolution of the firm and by acquisition by the foreign partner. Our findings thus support the view thatlearning outperforms trust in explaining the time patterns of joint venture survival.

JEL-codes: L10 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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