ALLIANCE PARTNERS AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: RESOURCE COMPLEMENTARITY AND STATUS ASSOCIATION

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Lin, Zhiang (John); Yang, Haibin; Arya, Bindu
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; City University of Hong Kong; University of Missouri System; University of Missouri Saint Louis
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.773
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 921-940
• 关键词: strategic alliance partners; resource complementarity; status association; societal and network status; parent firm performance

摘要

Bridging the resource-based view and the institutional perspective, this study explores the performance consequences of firms' alliance partner selections by examining the interactions of resource complementarity and institutional associations (reflected through both societal and network status) between the firm and its partner. The integrative framework suggests that a joint consideration of resource complementarity and status effects, as well as important firm- and environmental-level contingent factors, are critical for understanding the underlying mechanisms of alliance formations and their effects on firm performance. Further, our study suggests that it is necessary to consider both societal and network, status as the), can have distinct effects under certain conditions. Our analyses of four U.S. industries (computer, steel, phamaceutics, crude petroleum and natural gas) over a span of 13 years largely support our framework. Copyright (C) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.