Developing Alliance Capabilities

201 Pages·2008·1.856 MB·English

by  Koen H. Heimeriks (auth.)

Developing Alliance Capabilities
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Developing Alliance
Capabilities
Koen H. Heimeriks
Foreword by
Jeffrey J. Reuer
© Koen H. Heimeriks 2008
Foreword © Jeffrey J. Reuer 2008
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Contents
List of Tables viii
List of Figures ix
Foreword x
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
1 Introduction 1
2 A Literature Review of Alliance Research 17
3 Describing the Phenomenon: Alliance Capabilities 43
4 Towards a Micro-level Understanding of Alliance Capabilities 60
5 An Analysis of the Alliance Capability Development Process 91
6 Conclusions, Implications, Limitations and Future Research 111
Appendices 125
Notes 147
References 151
Index 181

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List of Tables
2.1 Prior research on alliance capabilities 23
2.2 Contributions of theories applied to alliance research 40
2.3 Overlap in concepts and terminology used in different
theories 41
3.1 Levels of alliance experience 54
4.1 Eigenvalues 68
4.2 Wilks’ lambda 68
4.3 Structure matrix 70
4.4 E xploratory factor analysis and reliability of
factor-based scales 74
4.5 Test of equality of group means 77
4.6 Eigenvalues 77
4.7 Wilks’ lambda 77
4.8 Structure matrix 78
5.1 Descriptive statistics and correlation matrix 103
5.2 Results of ordinal regression analysis 104
viii
List of Figures
1.1 Comparing firms’ current and future market value
generated via alliances 2
2.1 Reasons for strategic alliance failure 19
2.2 Early (inter-firm) versus recent (intra-firm) alliance research 21
2.3 Theoretical framework 27
4.1 Use of alliance mechanisms in percentages 66
4.2 Role of mechanisms in alliance capability development 84
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