Corporate governance, namely the relationship between the ownership and
control of firms, takes on new dimensions in the case of international
joint ventures operating in the special context of China. The present
study contributes a new examination of this relationship, firstly
through its conceptual refinement, and secondly through original
empirical research. It develops the concept of ownership as suited to
joint ventures, in which account is taken of non-capital resourcing by
foreign and Chinese partners.