Small Stake, Big Voice
Minority partners in joint ventures can still negotiate substantial rights to have a say in business decisions.
The Analysis
- The authors analyzed 55 joint venture agreements involving a minority partner.
- They also drew from their own database of 600 of the largest joint ventures announced from 1990-2020, and from their experience over multiple decades serving more than 300 ventures involving a minority partner.
Taking a minority stake in a joint venture (JV) can make good business sense. What doesn’t make sense is ceding more control than you have to. With the post-pandemic surge in partnerships, including those with unequal ownership, executives ...
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