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The Elements Of Value Network Alliances: Strategies For Building Alliance Partnerships

February 4, 2008 12:00am PST

Nowadays, the number of corporate alliances continues to rise - by as much as 25 percent a year - and now accounts for nearly a third of many firms' revenues and value. Yet some studies suggest...

Provided by: Deloitte Development

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Building Capabilities To Manage Strategic Alliances

April 2, 2010 12:00am PDT

In recent years, academics have attributed alliance success to a firm's ability to successfully manage their alliances, also called their level of alliance capability. The authors like to...

Provided by: University of Antwerp

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Technology Alliances In Emerging Economies: Persistence And Interrelation In European Firms Alliance Formation

June 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

The authors analyze patterns and determinants of technology alliance formation with partner firms from emerging economies, with a focus on European firms' alliance strategies. They examine to what...

Provided by: United Nations University

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The Predictive Value Of Behavioural Characteristics On The Success Of Strategic Alliances

August 21, 2009 12:00am PDT

An increasing number of companies are setting up strategic alliances with suppliers and customers. However, the majority of these alliances do not succeed. The main aim is to understand how...

Provided by: Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School

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The Analysis of China New Energy Vehicle Industry Alliance Status Based on UCINET Software

September 1, 2011 12:00am PDT

New energy vehicle industry acquires highly complex techniques. The new energy vehicle industry alliance is one of the most effective origination form and has been developed fast in China. This...

Provided by: Academy Publisher

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Do Alliances Provide Effective Entry Into A New Line Of Business? The Short-Term Vs. Long-Term Effects Of Entering A New Line Of Business Through Alliances

May 1, 2006 12:00am PDT

Firms frequently use alliances with incumbents as a means to enter new industries (Ingham and Thompson, 1994; Mitchell and Singh, 1992) or new geographic markets (Kogut and Singh, 1988; Hennart,...

Provided by: Duke University (Fuqua-Global)

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Alliances: Adapting Governance Models To Maximize Alliance Performance

May 1, 2006 12:00am PDT

Alliances are a key part of the growth strategies for many companies on the road to high performance. Alliances, including joint ventures, can dramatically reduce the time required to develop new...

Provided by: Accenture

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The Alliance Formation Puzzle And Capacity Constraints

April 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The formation of an alliance in conflict situations is known to suf-fer from a collective action problem and from the potential of internal conflict. Alliances are very common in many applications...

Provided by: Purdue University (Krannert)

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Does Alliance Size Matter? - The Market Value Of Joint Ventures

February 22, 2007 12:00am PST

There are several market event studies of strategic alliances and none of them have really taken into account the influence of the size of the strategic alliance. The alliance size is a "Missing"...

Provided by: University of Gothenburg

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Strategic Alliances: Insurance Considerations

November 1, 2006 12:00am PST

Strategic alliances are business ventures. No matter how they are structured legally, the parties to an alliance may be exposed to the risk of additional liability. All parties to an alliance...

Provided by: American Institute of Architects

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Asymmetric New Product Development Alliance: Are The Gains Symmetric Across The Partners?

April 1, 2006 12:00am PST

Interorganizational alliances are widely recognized as critical to product innovation, particularly in high technology markets. Many New Product Development (NPD) alliances tend to be asymmetric,...

Provided by: Emory University (Goizueta)

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Strategic Motivations For Sino-Western Alliances: A Comparative Analysis Of Chinese And Western Alliance Formation Drivers

November 20, 2009 12:00am PST

This paper compares the key drivers of Sino-foreign alliance formation from the perspective of both Chinese and Western alliance partners. The authors' results indicate that Chinese companies...

Provided by: United Nations University

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Partnering With Competitors - Effects Of Alliances On Airline Entry And Capacity Decisions

February 14, 2011 12:00am PST

The formation of an airline alliance is one of the most important and difficult decisions that has to be made by airline management. In particular, domestic airline alliances have always caused...

Provided by: INSEAD

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Improving Firm Acquisition Of Market Knowledge Through Strategic Alliances

October 23, 2010 12:00am PDT

The past decade has seen increased scholarly interest in alliances. Authors have devoted attention to the factors underlying alliance formation and the attainment of alliance goals. Concurrently,...

Provided by: University of South Alabama

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Alliance Partner Choice In Markets With Vertical And Horizontal Externalities

October 8, 2010 12:00am PDT

This study investigates the choice between complementary and parallel alliances in a market with vertical and horizontal externalities. One composite goods firm competes with two components...

Provided by: Munich Personal Repec Archive

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Enterprise thoughts on the GPhone / Open Handset Alliance

November 6, 2007 3:07pm PST

Google unveiled their plans yesterday for what's become rumored as the GPhone. The most exciting part of the Open Handset Alliance for enterprises is that the software of the Open Handset Alliance...

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Determinants Of Partner Opportunism In Strategic Alliances: A Conceptual Framework

September 16, 2009 12:00am PDT

The authors propose an extended definition of partner opportunism and three categories of the determinants of partner opportunism based on a review of the literature. These categories comprise...

Provided by: Springer Science+Business Media

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Enabling Effective Alliance Capability Building

September 1, 2009 12:00am PDT

In this paper the authors present an overview of the contingencies that enable effective alliance capability development. The research goal is to determinate those factors that contribute to an...

Provided by: University of Antwerp

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First We Try, Then We Trust! Real Options And The Cooperation - Competition Tension In Strategic Alliance Social Dilemmas

January 13, 2009 12:00am PST

The cooperation-competition tension in strategic alliances creates a social dilemma where member and alliance interests are in conflict. Because social dilemmas have significant negative...

Provided by: University of Illinois

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The Innovative Performance Of Alliance Block Members: Evidence From The Microelectronics Industry

October 1, 2008 12:00am PDT

The primary goal of this paper is to improve the understanding of the complex relationship between the positioning of companies in alliance networks and their innovative performance. In...

Provided by: United Nations University