Cooperative or controlling? The effects of CEO-board relations and the content of interlocks on the formation of joint ventures

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Gulati, R; Westphal, JD
• 署名单位: Northwestern University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
• 刊物名称: ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCE QUARTERLY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-8392
• DOI: 10.2307/2666959
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 473-506
• 关键词: strategic alliances; institutional investors; ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS; INGRATIATORY BEHAVIORS; self-consciousness; corporate-control; social-structure; INTERGROUP BIAS; UNITED-STATES; management

摘要

This study examines the influence of the social network of board interlocks on strategic alliance formation. Our theoretical framework suggests how board interlock ties to other firms can increase or decrease the likelihood of alliance formation, depending on the content of relationships between CEOs (chief executive officers) and outside directors. Results suggest that CEO-board relationships characterized by independent board control reduce the likelihood of alliance formation by prompting distrust between corporate leaders, while CEO-board cooperation in strategic decision making appears to promote alliance formation by enhancing trust. The findings also show how the effects of direct interlock ties are amplified further by third-party network ties.