Environmental determinants and individual-level moderators of alliance use

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Dickson, PH; Weaver, KM
• 署名单位: University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Tuscaloosa
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256888
• 发表日期: 1997
• 页码: 404-425
• 关键词: ENTREPRENEURIAL FIRMS; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES; economic exchange; collectivism; uncertainty; COOPERATION; governance; performance; INNOVATION; cultures

摘要

This study, utilizing data drawn from a sample of 433 Norwegian manufacturing firms, examined the direct effects of perceived environmental uncertainty and the moderating effects of key manager orientations In determining alliance use. Results support a multidimensional view of perceived uncertainty and the existence of significant variation in the link between perceived environmental uncertainty and alliance use, which arises as a consequence of key managers' entrepreneurial and individualism/collectivism orientations.