“…Large sized firms are likely to possess more specialised assets, business networks, patents and skilled labour Schakenraad, 1994, Teece, 1986) and, therefore, are more engaged in building strategic alliances than their smaller competitors (Hagedoorn, 1995b). Small sized firms, on the other hand, usually suffer from lack of resources, lack of technology, lack of access to finance and lack of skilled labour (Chung et al, 2006, Harvie and Lee, 2003, Jaouen and Gundolf, 2007. Many researchers have argued that firm size plays an important role in the partnership formation process and in collaborating behaviour (Agardi, 2008, Berg et al, 1982, Burgers et al, 1993.…”