This study explores how social structure affects interfirm alliance formation patterns. It
proposes that the social context emerging from prior alliances and considerations of …

This dissertation examines the factors that influence firm participation in strategic alliances. It
shows that the network of existing alliances in which most firms find themselves embedded …

Organizations enter alliances with each other to access critical re-sources, but they rely on
information from the network of prior alli-ances to determine with whom to cooperate. These …

This paper introduces a social network perspective to the study of strategic alliances. It
extends prior research, which has primarily considered alliances as dyadic exchanges and …

This paper presents a dynamic, firm‐level study of the role of network resources in
determining alliance formation. Such resources inhere not so much within the firm but reside …

In light of the increasing importance of strategic alliances in shaping competition, this study
explored whether the social network of small firm executives can be leveraged to facilitate …

Exploring the factors that explain the choice of governance structures in interfirm alliances,
this study challenges the use of a singular emphasis on transaction costs. Such an approach …

Recent research shows that preexisting network structure constrains the formation of new
interorganizational alliances. Firms that are poorly embedded in a network structure are less …

Cooperative strategies, both domestic and foreign, have become an important component of
the strategic repertoire of firms. Various forms of interfirm alliances are redefining and …

Why do firms form strategic alliances? The traditional theoretical answer has been
transaction cost explanations. Yet, these explanations which center on transaction …