The choice of governance mode in ICT alliances: A property rights approach

The choice of governance mode in ICT alliances: A property rights approach

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Article ID: iaor20112276
Volume: 48
Issue: 1
Start Page Number: 69
End Page Number: 77
Publication Date: Jan 2011
Journal: Information & Management
Authors: ,
Keywords: competition and coalition, Industries, cooperation
Abstract:

We employed a property rights approach to formulate a set of hypotheses explaining the choice between equity and non‐equity alliances in the Information and Communication Technology industry. The firm's need to control knowledge exchange and the resulting innovation makes property rights an important concern permeating partners’ strategic behavior. We showed that equity alliances were preferred, when partners kept a competitive relationship and followed a diversification strategy. However, non‐equity alliances were preferred, when partners exhibited high resource complementarity. Finally, our research indicated that, when alliances targeted innovation development, prior ties between partners positively affected the choice of equity alliances.

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