An empirical study of the impact of firm resources on alliance governance structures

Dunne, Danielle D.; Gopalakrishnan, Shanthi; Scillitoe, Joanne L.

doi:10.1016/j.jengtecman.2009.06.004

Cited by 15 publications

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“…In this meta-analysis, it was demonstrated that the age of a firm and its technical capital positively influence alliance network centrality. This supports the liability of newness assumption (Cafferata et al, 2009;Stinchcombe, 1965) and the extant literature on the value of technical capital (Ahuja, 2000b;Dunne et al, 2009).…”

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Country-governance quality and signals in the alliance formation process: a meta-analytic approach

Rossmannek¹,

Bosch²,

Fink³

2022

IJBE

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This meta-analysis examines how signals in the alliance formation process affect alliance network centrality. In the hypotheses, it is argued that the age of a firm and its technical capital help to increase its attractiveness and therefore its centrality. However, the value of signals in the alliance formation process is dependent on the quality of a firm's home country-governance (e.g., level of property protection or degree of corruption). The age of a firm represents a signal of trust, which is more important in countries with a low governance quality. In contrast, the technical capital of a firm signals an attractive resource endowment, which is more important in high governance countries. Overall, hypotheses are supported (in a meta-analysis of 85 independent studies). The study contributes to the literature by showing how home country institutions have severe effects on alliance strategies and the behaviour of multinational firms.

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confidence: 73%

“…• Technical capital: In line with prior research, the study used the number of a firm's patents as the measure for technical capital (Ahuja, 2000b;Dunne et al, 2009).…”

Section: Variable Codingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Country-governance quality and signals in the alliance formation process: a meta-analytic approach

Rossmannek¹,

Bosch²,

Fink³

2022

IJBE

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“…This is the reason why, starting from the seminal work of Pisano (Pisano, 1990), several scholars (Folta, 1998;Steensma & Fairbank, 1999;Santoro & McGill, 2005;Rothaermel & Deeds, 2006;Higgins & Rodriguez, 2006;Rosiello, 2007;Dunne, Gopalakrishnan, &, Scillitoe, 2009;de Man & Roijakkers, 2009;Van de Vrande et al, 2009) have used this industry as test-bed for investigating governance form choices in inter-firm relationships.…”

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How risk influences the choice of governance mode in biopharmaceutical inter-firm relationships

Billitteri

Nigro

Perrone

2013

International Business Review

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This paper proposes a new theoretical framework for assessing the influence of risk in\ud shaping the governance form in biopharmaceutical inter-firm relationships. In particular,\ud we propose a multidimensional operationalization of relational and performance risk and,\ud by following Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Real Options (RO) theory constructs,\ud we hypothesize a relation between the aforementioned risk components and the choice of\ud governance form. Specifically, following TCE reasoning, we hypothesize that a high level of\ud relational risk leads towards more hierarchical governance forms, while, following RO\ud theory, we hypothesize that a high level of performance risk leads toward market-oriented\ud governance forms; finally, we hypothesize a moderating effect of each risk component on\ud the other. We empirically test our framework through the analysis of 353 inter-firm\ud relationships signed worldwide between pharmaceutical and biotech companies from\ud 2007 to 2010. The results show substantive support for our theoretical framework.\ud Furthermore, we find a significant moderating effect of the performance risk on the TCE\ud relation between relational risk and governance forms

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“…Traditionally, large firms are found to be at the forefront of new technologies and manufacturing processes (Colombo, 1995;Stuart, 2000;Santoro & Chakrabarti, 2002). However, the organizations possessing higher technical skills and capabilities have lower tendencies to form equity alliances to protect their core competencies and mitigate risks involved in such collaborations (Dunne, Gopalakrishnan, & Scillitoe, 2009). Specifically, firms that lack resources have a higher need for alliances compared with firms who are well endowed (Ahuja, 2000b).…”

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The Role of Strategic Technology Alliances (STA) Towards Organizational Performance in Manufacturing Industry: The Perspective of Developing Countries

Jabar¹,

Soosay²,

Khalid³

et al. 2015

ASS

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Purpose: This research investigates strategic technology alliances (STA) in Malaysian manufacturing firms and the impact on organizational performance. The outcomes of this paper shed light on the underpinning theories under Resource Based View (RBV) and Organizational Learning (OL) as an antecedent for the successful implementation of strategic technology alliances in the manufacturing industry. At the end of the paper provides a model that describing the success factor of strategic technology alliances en route to improve organizational performance and remain competitive.Design/methodology/Approach: Research conducted through survey design by collecting questionnaires from 335 Malaysian manufacturers. The empirical analysis performed by using structural equation modeling (SEM) to represent the findings as this statistical method is more robust compared to others. Findings:The empirical analysis show that absorptive capacity, type of alliance and strategic technology alliance has positive relationship towards improving organizational performance in terms of market share, profit, sales level and manufacturing capabilities. However, in the other coin, resource base availability is insignificant towards organizational performance. Furthermore, technology transfer also only partially mediates STA and organizational performance. Despite the onset of successful alliance formation and resultant technology transfer, firms still need to invest in developing their resources, employee skills, production methods and industrial processes in order to sustain their competitiveness in the global economy.Originality/value: Many organization embrace technology transfer as part of the strategic weapons to maintain business sustainability. However, there is lack of empirical evidence profiling the antecedent on how organization could success in becoming the developers of their own technology. Therefore, this research attempts to provide a model as guidance to managers in developing country as a key to success in forming technology alliances with foreign countries.

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An empirical study of the impact of firm resources on alliance governance structures

Cited by 15 publications

References 47 publications

Country-governance quality and signals in the alliance formation process: a meta-analytic approach

Country-governance quality and signals in the alliance formation process: a meta-analytic approach

How risk influences the choice of governance mode in biopharmaceutical inter-firm relationships

The Role of Strategic Technology Alliances (STA) Towards Organizational Performance in Manufacturing Industry: The Perspective of Developing Countries

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