In many high technology industries, strategic alliances have become important for improving
a firm's financial performance by providing knowledge that can be used to develop the …

Abstract Research Summary Extant research suggests that firms rationally evaluate external
and/or internal contingencies when deciding how to reconfigure their alliance portfolios. We …

Alliance formation is often described as a mechanism used by firms to increase voluntary
knowledge transfers. Access to external knowledge has been increasingly recognized as a …

We investigate a high-technology venture's alliance management capability. Thus, we
develop a model that links differential demands of alliance type and the benefits of alliance …

We combine theory and research on alliance networks and on new firms to investigate the
impact of variation in startups' alliance network composition on their early performance. We …

A significant amount of empirical work has examined the role of alliances in enhancing firms'
innovative output and economic performance. Most of this research directly relates …

abstract In spite of the consensus on the benefits of strategic alliances for learning and
innovation, our understanding of the effects of partner similarity remains conflicted. This …

In the pharmaceutical industry, strategic alliances extend worldwide. In this exploratory
empirical study of 55 large firms and 54 small firms that are parties to strategic alliances, we …

Does familiarity with alliance partners promote breakthrough innovations? This study draws
on the literature of interorganizational routines to examine the impact of repeated R&D …

As interfirm collaboration plays an increasingly important role in firm innovation, many firms
are engaged in multiple partnerships, forming portfolios of alliances. Research in marketing …