Strategic Alliances: Governance and Contracts

ISBN-13: 9781403995926 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 239 str.

Africa Arino; Jeffrey J. Reuer

Opis

Strategic alliances are taking on an increasingly important role in international business. This collection of articles by leading scholars addresses fundamental questions on the governance and contractual mechanisms underlying alliances. When are alliances an effective governance structure? Which governance mechanisms underlie strategic alliances? How does alliance governance change over time? How do relational governance mechanisms operate and relate to formal governance? What are the main contractual elements of alliances?

Spis treści

Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Governance and Contracts in Strategic Alliances; A.Ariño & J.J.Reuer PART I: GOVERNANCE OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES The Need for Scale as a Driver of Alliance Formation: Choosing between Collaborative and Autonomous Production; B.Garrette, X.Castañer & P.Dussauge 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; L.Mulotte & P.Dussauge The Bearable Lightness of Inter-firm Strategic Alliances: Resource-Based and Procedural Contracting; A.Grandori & M.Furlotti Why Managers Choose Equity Ownership in Inter-Firm Relationships?; P.Kale & P.Puranam Government as an Alliance Partner; M.Richards & D.C.Indro Coordination, Appropriation and Governance in Alliances: The Biotechnology Case; S.Tallman & A.Phene Licences and Joint Ventures as Knowledge Acquisition Mechanisms: Evidence from U.S.-Japan Alliances; J.E.Oxley & T.Wada Are there Benefits from Engaging in an Alliance with a Firm Prior to its Acquisition?; R.Agarwal, J.Anand & R.Croson Interorganizational Governance Trajectories: Towards a Better Understanding of the Connections between Partner Selection, Negotiation and Contracting; P.W.L.Vlaar, F.A.J.van den Bosch & H.W.Volberda Strategic Alliance Governance: An Extended Real Options Perspective; I.R.P.Cuypers & X.Martin The Uncertainty-Governance Choice-Puzzle Revisited: Theoretical Perspectives on Alliance Governance; F.Koenig & T.Mellewigt A Time-Dependent Framework on Developing Perceptions of Relational Norms: The Role of Emotions and Uncertainty Reduction Factors; L.Poppo & C.J.Lambe Matching Alliance Governance to Alliance Content; G.Hoetker & T.Mellewigt The Enforcement Space: Some Reflections on the Role of Trust and Enforcement in Strategic Alliances; S.Svejenova, M.P.Koza & A.Y.Lewin PART II: CONTRACTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES Revisiting Our Views of Contract and Contracting in the Context of Governing Alliances; P.Smith Ring Designing Inter-Organizational Contracts: The Role of Detailed Task Descriptions; K.J.Mayer The Value of Patent Protection for Technology Development Alliances; S.Wakeman Do Prior Alliances Influence Alliance Contract Structure?; M.D.Ryall & R.C.Sampson Learning to Govern by Contract; N.Argyres & K.J.Mayer Contractual Renegotiations in Entrepreneurial Alliances; A.Ariño, R.Ragozzino & J.J.Reuer Index

O autorze

RAJSHREE AGARWAL Associate Professor of Strategic Management, University of Ilinois, USA JAIDEEP ANAND Associate Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, USA NICHOLAS S. ARGYRES Associate Professor of Strategy and Policy, Boston University School of Management, USA XAVIER CASTAÑER Assistant Professor of Strategy, HEC School of Management, Paris, France RACHEL CROSON Associate Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA ILYA CUYPERS Researcher, Tilburg University, The Netherlands PIERRE DUSSAUGE Professor of Strategic Management, HEC School of Management, France MARCO FURLOTTI Centre for Research on Business Organization, Bocconi University, Italy BERNARD GARRETTE Associate Professor of Strategic Management, HEC School of Management, France ANNA GRANDORI Professor of Business Organization, Bocconi University, Italy GLENN HOETKER Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, University of Illinois, USA DANIEL C. INDRO Associate Professor of Finance, Penn State University, USA PRASHANT KALE Assistant Professor of Corporate Strategy, University of Michigan, USA FRANZISKA KOENIG Researcher, Department of Management, University of Paderborn, Germany MITCHELL P. KOZA Distinguished Professor of Management and Dean, Rutgers University School of Business, USA C. JAY LAMBE Assistant Professor of Marketing, Albers School of Business and Economics, Seattle University, USA ARIE Y. LEWIN Professor of Business Administration and Sociology, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA XAVIER MARTIN Professor of Strategy and International Business, Tilburg University, The Netherlands KYLE J. MAYER Assistant Professor, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, USA THOMAS MELLEWIGT Department of Management, University of Paderborn, Germany WILL MITCHELL Professor of Strategy and International Management, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, USA LOUIS MULOTTE Research Student, HEC School of Management, France JOANNE OXLEY Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada ANUPAMA PHENE Assistant Professor of Strategy, University of Utah, USA LAURA POPPO Associate Professor of Organization and Strategy, Virginia Tech University, USA PHANISH PURANAM Assistant Professor of Strategy, London Business School, UK ROBERTO RAGOZZINO University of Central Florida, USA MALIKA RICHARDS Assistant Professor of Management, Penn State University, USA PETER SMITH RING Professor of Strategic Management, College of Business Administration, Loyola Marymount University, USA MICHAEL RYALL Associate Professor, Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, Australia RACHELLE SAMPSON Assistant Professor, RH Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, USA SILVIYA SVEJENOVA Assistant Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, ESADE Business School, Spain STEPHEN TALLMAN Professor of Management, David Eccles School of Business, University of Utah, USA FRANS A.J. VAN DEN BOSCH Professor of Management, Department of Strategic Management and Business Environment, Erasmus University, The Netherlands PAUL W.L. VLAAR Assistant Professor, Department of Strategic Management and Business Environment, Erasmus University, The Netherlands HENK W. VOLBERDA Professor of Strategic Management and Business Policy, Erasmus University, The Netherlands TETSUO WADA Professor of Business Economics, Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan SIMON WAKEMAN Researcher, Haas Business School, University of California, USA.