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Joint Venture Conflicts of Interest
Joint Venture Conflicts of Interest
Joint Venture Conflicts of Interest
Conflicts of Interest
Types of Conflict of Interest
• A joint venture agreement may provide methods for deadlocked partners to resolve
conflicts, allowing the joint venture to continue to exist.
Cooling-off mechanism
Dispute review panel
Escalation of disputes to executive level
Independent director’s swing vote
Alternative dispute resolution methods such as mediation or
arbitration
• Partners may also grant alliance managers or "gatekeepers" the authority to solve a
particular issue.
Source: "Joint Venture Strategies: Design, Bargaining, and the Law", Shishido (Hitotsubashi University), Fukada (Solar
Frontier K.K.), Umetani (Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd.)