The Innovative Performance of Alliance Block Members: Evidence from the Microelectronics Industry

Duysters, Geert, Lemmens, Charmianne, Letterie, Wilko and Vanhaverbeke, Wim (2008). The Innovative Performance of Alliance Block Members: Evidence from the Microelectronics Industry. UNU-MERIT.

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  • Author Duysters, Geert
    Lemmens, Charmianne
    Letterie, Wilko
    Vanhaverbeke, Wim
    Title The Innovative Performance of Alliance Block Members: Evidence from the Microelectronics Industry
    Publication Date 2008
    Publisher UNU-MERIT
    Abstract The primary goal of this paper is to improve our understanding of the complex relationship between the positioning of companies in alliance networks and their innovative performance. In particular, we expect that a firm’s innovative performance depends partly on its position in specific network settings (block membership or nonblock membership), with additional effects caused by the technology positioning strategies firms pursue in terms of technological specialization in alliance blocks. Alliance groups derive their competitive advantage from their superior and particular technologies, which they develop and exploit together in the alliance blocks. 4 Incorporating this moderating effect of the degree of technological specialization in alliance blocks (exploitation or exploration) seems to give more insight in the contextual issues in this stream of literature.
    Keyword Strategic technology alliances
    Alliance block membership strategy
    Microelectronics industry
    Innovative performance
    Technology strategies
    JEL O31
    O32
    Copyright Holder UNU-MERIT
    Copyright Year 2008
    ISSN 1871-9872
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