Technological flows and choice of joint ventures in technology alliances

Canal, Esteban García; Valdés-Llaneza, Ana; Sánchez-Lorda, Pablo

doi:10.1016/j.respol.2007.06.009

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“…Conceptualized as long-term agreements between firms seeking to improve the competitive position of partners by pooling of resources and capabilities (Hagedoorn, 1993), alliances have been used extensively by firms to access additional resources, minimize transaction costs, and secure market advantages (Anand and Khanna, 2000). Moreover, many alliances nowadays exhibit technological exchanges and target international partners (Narula and Hagedoorn, 1998;Garcia-Canal et al, 2008). In terms of organizational choices, alliances are extremely flexible, ranging from simple long-term contractual agreements with a narrow focus (e.g., long standing licensing or technology-sharing agreements) to formation of new entities (e.g., jointventures), all with the goal of maximizing the sought benefits (e.g., mitigate R&D risks, push new industry standards, access new markets) of such collaborations (Teece, 1986;Wang and Zajac, 2007).…”

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The role of diversification profiles and dyadic characteristics in the formation of technological alliances: Differences between exploitation and exploration in a low-tech industry

Krammer

2016

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This paper posits that corporate and technological diversification of firms and their relatedness in terms of products and technologies will impact their propensity to form technological alliances. It argues that both higher levels of diversification and greater relatedness signal superior capabilities and available resources to prospective partners that will facilitate exploration and exploitation of technological assets in an alliance.These theoretical conjectures are tested using a dataset of all tire producers worldwide between 1985 and 1996 that combines detailed firm data on establishment, patenting, and alliance activities. The results indicate that complementarity in terms of corporate and technological diversification strategies, as well as partner characteristics (e.g., size, age, and technological capabilities) drive exploitation alliances. Moreover, firms with similar product portfolios are more likely to engage in exploitative interactions.In contrast, exploration alliances exhibit strong partner similarity across all firm characteristics. Both corporate and technological diversification have positive effects on firms' propensity to engage in exploration, while technological distance has a negative nonlinear one.

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The role of diversification profiles and dyadic characteristics in the formation of technological alliances: Differences between exploitation and exploration in a low-tech industry

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2016

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“…First, in-house development limits outsiders' access to the firm's knowledge. In contrast, joint knowledge development efforts with other firms imply that the focal firm risks exposing its knowledge core (Thompson, 1967) to its partners, who may then use that knowledge to build on its inventions (Garcia-Canal, Valdes-Llaneza, & Sanchez-Lorda, 2008;Hamel, Doz, &2013 263 Ahuja, Lampert, andNovelli Prahalad, 1989). Second, in-house development allows firms to make idiosyncratic inventive choices relating to the design and creation of the product or process such that their choices are maximally and uniquely complementary only with their own bundle of activities and prior inventions (Anand & Galetovic, 2004).…”

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The Second Face of Appropriability: Generative Appropriability and Its Determinants

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Novelli

2013

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We distinguish between two forms of appropriability: primary appropriabilityeffectiveness in exploiting inventions as problem-solving mechanisms and capturing a share of their profits-and generative appropriability-effectiveness in exploiting inventions as concepts and capturing a share of the future inventions they spawn. Recognizing that generative appropriability has two components-cumulative invention and preclusion of others-we identify its key managerially manipulable determinants and discuss the implications of the construct for the literature on the resource-based view and the literature on organizational learning.

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“…As stated in García‐Canal et al (), the formation of JVs is a complex issue. The present study does not aim to consider all factors that affect the creation of JVs.…”

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Modes of Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Wholly‐owned or Joint Venture? Firm‐level Evidence from Taiwanese Multinational Manufacturing Enterprises

Chen

2013

Rev International Economics

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This paper finds evidence from Taiwanese manufacturing multinational enterprises (MNEs) for the period 2003-2005 to show that Taiwanese manufacturing MNEs are more likely to choose joint ventures (JVs) if intellectual property rights (IPRs) protection in the foreign direct investment (FDI) host country is strong. The estimation results suggest that if a country with an IPR strength similar to the level of Chile increases its IPR protection to the strength of Taiwan, the probability of forming JVs in that country will increase by 13.8%. One policy implication of this study is that developing countries can stimulate local participation by IPR reform.

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Technological flows and choice of joint ventures in technology alliances

Cited by 43 publications

References 46 publications

The role of diversification profiles and dyadic characteristics in the formation of technological alliances: Differences between exploitation and exploration in a low-tech industry

The role of diversification profiles and dyadic characteristics in the formation of technological alliances: Differences between exploitation and exploration in a low-tech industry

The Second Face of Appropriability: Generative Appropriability and Its Determinants

Modes of Foreign Direct Investment and Intellectual Property Rights Protection: Wholly‐owned or Joint Venture? Firm‐level Evidence from Taiwanese Multinational Manufacturing Enterprises

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