“…These dynamics include the influence of the economic, legal, political and social environment on the joint venture (Ying, 1996). The economic, legal, political and social frameworks that influence joint ventures are country-specific and therefore, the context of each joint venture should be studied separately (Gomes-Casseres, 1989;Hill et al, 1990;Hersch and Styles, 2001;Katsioloudes and Isichenko, 2007;Lowen and Pope, 2008;Vaidya, 2009;Bener and Glaister, 2010;Larimo and Nguyen, 2015).…”