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Title: | The role of strategic alliances in complementing firm capabilities | Contributor(s): | Rice, John (author) ; Liao, Tung-Shan (author); Martin, Nigel (author); Galvin, Peter (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.1017/S1833367200000493 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17756 | Abstract: | Strategic alliance research emerged to explain alliance formation based upon transaction cost minimisation and opportunism reduction. Later research, and early research from Japan, emphasised the role of alliances in facilitating the transfer of knowledge between organisations. Most recently, alliance research has focussed on the development of shared, potentially idiosyncratic, resource stocks. This paper builds on this recent research, testing the proposition that alliances are important vehicles allowing firms to access or acquire external resources, hence shoring up capability gaps and building new capabilities as required during firm, product and industry life cycles. Using a sample from Australian manufacturing small-and-medium-sized enterprises, the paper reveals that alliances employed by firms can be viewed as initiatives to either fill a gap in the firm's resource stock or to exploit a perceived opportunity in its operational and strategic environment. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Journal of Management & Organization, 18(6), p. 858-869 | Publisher: | eContent Management Pty Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1839-3527 1833-3672 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 150314 Small Business Management | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 350716 Small business organisation and management | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 910402 Management | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 150302 Management | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article UNE Business School |
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