Returns to alliance portfolio diversity: The relative effects of partner diversity on firm's innovative performance and productivity

Capturing value from alliance portfolio diversity: The mediating role of R&D human capital in high and low tech industries

“…APD has attracted significant interest among organisations and policy makers as collaboration becomes a key vector of innovation-related knowledge flows (OECD, 2010). In line with previous work (de Leeuw et al, 2014, Lin, 2014, our results show a positive, curvilinear association between APD and firm innovation performance, which implies that exists an optimal level of partner diversity and that the marginal returns to APD increase at a diminishing rate and then become negative beyond the optimal level.…”

“…Sustainable superior innovation performance can be attained by combining diverse market and technological knowledge sources in the alliance portfolio (Lin, 2014) and exploiting possible complementarities and synergies (de Leeuw et al, 2014). R&D alliances are an ideal platform for learning as external partners bring diverse knowledge and resources that firms can integrate into new products and services (Doz, 1996, Hamel, 1991, Cohen and Levinthal, 1990, Chen, 2004.…”

“…Studies report a curvilinear (inverted U-shaped) relationship between R&D alliance portfolio diversity (APD), defined as the distribution of differences in partn (Oerlemans et al, 2013), and firm innovation performance, suggesting that an increase in APD will enhance innovativeness only up to a certain limit. Beyond that point, APD may yield few marginal benefits as resources become spread too thin and greater coordination and integration costs are incurred (Chen et al, 2011, Duysters and Lokshin, 2011, de Leeuw et al, 2014. Limited research, however, has focused on a systematic investigation of the underlying mechanisms that explain how APD matters.…”

Absorptive Capacity, Alliance Portfolios and Innovation Performance: An Analytical Model Based on Bibliographic Research

“…Several suggested that it was curvilinear, precisely, an inverted U-shaped relationship. After a certain point, increasing diversity would have a negative impact on IP because of the difficulty of managing increasing transaction costs and of absorbing different knowledge; in other words because of an AC problem (Leeuw et al, 2014;Yu, 2013).…”

Impactos Da Responsabilidade Social E Alianças Estratégicas No Desempenho De Indústrias: Teste Empírico Nas Operadoras Brasileiras De Planos De Saúde/Odontológicos

“…Os membros devem acreditar que eles são mais fortes juntos do que seriam separados e que o compromisso contínuo de tempo, energia e recursos é necessário para garantir os benefícios previstos (DE LEEUW, et al, 2014 Conflitos resolvidos pela hierarquia, quando outros meios falham.…”