Alliance-based competitive dynamics

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Silverman, BS; Baum, JAC
• 署名单位: University of Toronto; University of Toronto
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/3069312
• 发表日期: 2002
• 页码: 791-806
• 关键词: strategic alliances; networks; industry; KNOWLEDGE; collaboration; Embeddedness; COOPERATION; performance; INNOVATION; linkages

摘要

Do rivals' alliances increase or decrease the competitive pressure experienced by a firm? Linking ecological and economic research on organizations, we propose that the effects of rivals' horizontal, upstream, and downstream alliances are determined by the degree to which they (1) foreclose a focal firm's alliance opportunities and (2) increase industry carrying capacity. We also hypothesize that firms can co-opt rivals' alliances by partnering with well-linked rivals. An analysis of Canadian biotechnology firms supports these predictions.