Affects of alliance entrepreneurship on common vision, alliance capability and alliance performance

Alliance entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation: the mediating effect of knowledge transfer

“…This statement is in line with our first finding, and we assert the positive influence of alliance agreements upon parties' entre preneurial orientation, in ter ms of innovativeness, risk-taking, and pro-activeness. Moreover, Khalid and Larimo's (2012) findings reveal a positive connection between alliance entrepreneurship and alliance performance, implying the beneficial outputs of alliances for firms improving their performance. In addition, Dess and Lumpkin (2005) conclude that effective corporate entrepreneurship, which may be pursued via mergers and acquisitions, as well as through joint ventures and strategic alliances, has a positive relationship with firms' entrepreneurial orientation.…”

“…This claim indicates that proactive alliance partners are more likely to enhance their market performance compared to the others. Furthermore, in line with Khalid and Larimo (2012), the fulfillment of entrepreneurship promises through alliances improves the partners' performance. Alliance entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial orientation linkages can be tracked down by the main shared concept they overlap, i.e., entrepreneurship.…”

“…Accordingly, enterprises that can explore and exploit these entrepreneurial opportunities, by forming alliances, are more likely to obtain advantageous results. Moreover, Khalid and Larimo (2012) define alliance entrepreneurship, from the viewpoint of entrepreneurial competence, as an entrepreneurial practice resulting in the proactive formation of strategic tie-ups with partners to acquire strategic assets through these inter-firm relationships.…”

“…Alliance performance is considered to be the degree of accomplishment of a foreign firm's goals in a strategic alliance. In the post-alliance phase, a firm's alliance entrepreneurship is positively associated with the alliance's capability and performance in the foreign market (Khalid and Larimo 2012).…”

“…The intra-firm perspective examines the firm-specific processes of alliance knowledge's acquisition and specifically focuses on analyzing how alliance knowledge is transformed into alliance capability and influences alliance performance (Jörgensen et al 2011). In the proactive formation of inter-firm relationships, entrepreneurial firms specifically target developing symmetry between the alliance process and organizational knowledge's acquirement, in order to better share the knowledge, technology, and skills (Khalid and Larimo 2012). Thus, knowledge acquirement through alliance formation can be considered as a practical strategy for entrepreneurial firms to gain competitive advantages.…”