Decision Making From Chinese Partners' Perspective In Sino-Foreign Joint Ventures

• Main Author: Guo, Se
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2009
• Subjects: SFJV; Chinese Partners; Decision Making; Bargaining Power; Cultural Distance; Driving Forces; Changes; Consequences; Law of China; Objectives; Sweden; China; Business studies; Företagsekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-106683

As the Chinese rate of growth has accelerated, China is increasingly considered as an important market for a diverse range of goods and services, including the advancedand complex. This has caught the attention of foreign firms in general and Swedish multinational companies in particular (Demir & Söderman 2007). This thesis focuses on a Chinese perspective of Chinese partners' decision making in SFJV, which is lacking in previous research. Six variables which are related to Chinese partners'decision making in SFJV are founded on a theoretical background. Then these six variables are compiled into a Chinese partners' decision making model. Each of these six variables is further divided into several factors. Data is then collect by a case study in which several SFJVs and their Chinese parents-Chinese partners are interviewed.This data is later used to verify and improve the original model which is founded on theoretical background. Finally an updated Chinese partners' decision making modelis created. The thesis concludes with the important findings and a discussion of the applicability of this model, contribution of the research, and future possible research orientation.