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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT QUARTERLY
Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 210-227Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0891242417710325
Keywords
joint venture; social capital; racial homogeneity; income homogeneity; social networks
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This study explores the nature of collaboration risk in joint ventures and the factors that affect local development officials' perceptions of these risks. Extant research on barriers to joint venture formation clearly indicates an important role for collaboration risk, but a systematic examination of the factors shaping local officials' perceptions of this risk is lacking. The authors propose that their perceptions of the region's norms regarding interlocal collaboration, the structure of the communication networks they have created with other local officials, and differences in the racial composition of their own cities are important factors shaping their perceptions of collaboration risk. The findings provide researchers with a basis for understanding the dimensions of collaboration risk in joint ventures and highlight the importance of the regional climate of cooperation among municipal leaders in shaping these perceptions. The two measures capturing the environment for collaboration in the region had the strongest link to the respondents' perception of collaboration risk on joint ventures for economic development.
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