ID - 131379204 TI - Implicit Incentives in International Joint Ventures : An Experimental Study PY - 2012 SN - 9783834970763 PB - Wiesbaden Gabler Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Methodology of economics KW - Economics KW - Business policy KW - Business management KW - Business economics KW - financieel management KW - bedrijfseconomie KW - economie KW - bedrijfsbeleid UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:131379204 AB - Managers in international joint ventures work with resources contributed by investors from multiple nationalities. Fan Wu shows through a series of experimental studies among students and managers from China, South Korea, Germany, and the USA that cultural affinity between the manager and one of the investors and career perspectives with one of the investors are strongly motivating managers to make biased decisions. The two mechanisms can be used to balance each other out in staffing key positions in international joint ventures for optimal control over managerial decisions. ER -