The purpose of this study was to increase the understanding of the role and nature of trust in
asymmetric technology partnership formation. In the knowledge-based" learning race" …

In this paper we study the role of trust in enhancing asymmetric partnership formation. First
we briefly review the role of trust. Then we analyze the state-of-the-art of the theoretical and …

In today's knowledge-based global competitive climate, both large and small firms attempt to
leverage external knowledge by collaborating with companies with complementary …

As strategic alliances become an increasingly important weapon for companies in achieving
a competitive advantage, an important subject of investigation has become those factors that …

In this study we investigate the institutional arrangements of innovation processes in high‐
tech alliances, focusing on the role of trust. A major strength of the research is the …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the practices and processes of trust
building and use in collaborative networking for product innovation and to compare face to …

In this article we report on the design, prototyping and results of a research effort aimed at
identifying whether and how trust affects the innovativeness of a partnership between two …

Companies engage in strategic alliances for industrial, commercial, financial or
technological reasons. Technological alliances can be 'vertical', when the main purpose is to …

Many technology policies support collaborative research, particularly involving small and
medium sized enterprises (SMEs), in the hope such projects will result in economically …

Strategic technology partnering between firms has become a growing subject of interest to
both companies experimenting with this mode of economic organization and researchers …