Technology alliances in emerging economies: persistence and interrelation in <scp>E</scp>uropean firms' alliance formation

Jacob, Jojo; Belderbos, René; Gilsing, Victor

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“…The US led, followed by seve- ). This reflects the fact that global technological alliances increasingly involve emerging countries (Jacob et al, 2013). Note however that no Latin American country is ranked amongst the first 20.…”

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“…Only four articles in our sample were from Latin American countries. Considering the increasing importance of APs and networks for leveraging innovation of firms in emerging countries (Jacob et al 2013), we recommend that future research focus on Latin America and conduct comparisons with results from emerging countries in Asia.…”

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“…Considering the increasing participation of emerging countries in global alliances for innovation (Jacob, Belderbos & Gilsing, 2013), the model focussed on APs in emerging economies. Some studies investigate AC, AP and IP in emerging economies, but very few focus specifically on Latin America (García Fernández, Sánchez Limón & Sevilla Morales, 2012;Gomez, Daim, & Robledo, 2014;Oerlemans, Knoben & Pretorius, 2013) and all fail to consider their interaction, as proposed in our model.…”

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

Macedo-Soares

Barboza

Paula

2016

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Abstract:The objective of this article is to present a model for analysing the role of absorptive capacity in the relationship between strategic alliance portfolios and innovation performance based on the results of bibliographic research on the subject published between 2000 and 2015. The research was carried out in three stages, involving both quantitative -bibliometric and bibliographic coupling -and qualitative content analyses. AP management capabilities were found to have a fundamental moderating role in the AP-IP relationship, and amongst these capabilities AC was highlighted by several authors. However, its role was found to vary according to AP characteristics, notably AP diversity -functional, geographic and institutional, but also centrality, size, stability and volume of resources, alliance and partner types as well as country type: emerging versus developed economies. This research formed the basis for the development of the model and the formulation of some propositions that focused on emerging countries.

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

Macedo-Soares

Barboza

Paula

2016

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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“…While studying emerging market entry pattern of international SMEs, Sandberg (2013) found that they entered emerging markets in the later stages of their internationalization process. Building on their prior international alliance experience, firms extend their technology alliance portfolios across both developed and emerging economies, increasing the geographical diversity of their alliance portfolios strategies (Jacob et al 2013). According to these authors, firms with alliance partners from developed countries have an increased propensity to form alliances in emerging countries.…”

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Functional and contextual dimensions of INVs’ alliance partner selection

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Prior research on the selection of international alliance partners calls for investigation of the potential specificity of selection criteria for evaluating partners for alliances with different objectives or functions. The present study responds to this need and contributes to the development of the field of international entrepreneurship by examining the relation between the alliance function and the criteria chosen. We studied three alliance functions: R&D, production, and marketing. Second, for each alliance function, we analyzed the criteria selected within two contexts: developing countries and those that consider emerging markets in their partner choice set. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 25 executives from INVs in two major North American biotechnology clusters, representing 239 alliances. 65.7% of these were signed with international partners. Results indicate that, aside from compatibility/complementarity of resources (R&D and production alliances), all criteria used within a single function are unique to that function. Furthermore, these criteria differ somewhat when the potential partners considered by a firm include those from both emerging and developed markets, compared to firms that limit potential partners to those in developed markets contexts. Finally, the study reveals that respondent firms integrate country, industry, and market attractiveness factors with partner selection criteria for marketing alliances. This suggests that, for many firms, market choice and partner selection are not successive steps. The study's originality lies in its focus on the relationship between alliance function and partner selection criteria used by INVs as well as within different contexts.Keywords: partner selection, alliance, emerging markets, developed countries, biotechnology, selection criteria, alliance function French AbstractDes études précédentes portant sur la sélection des partenaires pour des alliances internationales soulèvent le besoin d'examiner la spécificité des critères de sélection dans l'évaluation des partenaires pour des fonctions différentes. Cet article répond à ce besoin et contribue au développement du domaine de l'entrepreneuriat international en analysant la relation entre l'objectif et les critères choisis pour trois types d'alliances : recherche et développement, production et marketing. Pour chaque fonction, les critères sont aussi analysés dans deux contextes : les entreprises qui limitent leurs partenaires à des pays développés et celles qui considèrent les pays en émergence. Des entrevues semi-structurées ont été réalisées auprès de 25 dirigeants de nouvelles entreprises internationales en biotechnologie de Montréal et de Boston, totalisant 239 alliances, dont 157 internationales. Les résultats indiquent que, mis à part la complémentarité et la compatibilité, tous les critères utilisés à l'intérieur d'une fonction lui sont spécifiques. Les critères peuvent diverger lorsque les partenaires potentiels proviennent de marchés émergents en plus de...

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“…From our knowledge, Belderbos et al (2012) and Jacob et al (2013) are the only efforts to explore the persistent character of alliance strategies although with very specific objectives. Whereas the first study uses a data set on innovative Dutch firms to analyse the persistence of and interrelation between horizontal and vertical technology alliances, the second study examines to what extent prior engagement in international alliances with partners from developed countries increases the propensity to form technology alliances with partners that are based in emerging economies, and vice-versa.…”

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Are Collaborative Agreements in Innovation Activities Persistent at the Firm Level? Empirical Evidence for the Spanish Case

Badillo

Moreno

2015

Rev Ind Organ

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We provide evidence on the dynamics in firms' cooperation behaviour in innovation activities. Our main objective is to analyse if collaborative agreements are persistent at the firm level; and, in such a case, to study what are the main drivers of this phenomenon. We also study to what extent such persistence is different from persistence in R&D, so that the former exists on top of the latter. Finally, we deal with the differentiated persistence pattern of collaboration agreements for different types of partners, as well as the possibility of finding persistence across them. We follow a dynamic approach in the analysis of cooperation persistence: We take into account the unobserved individual heterogeneity and address the initial conditions problem. We use a representative sample of Spanish firms for the period 2002-2010.Keywords: Cooperation in innovation; Innovative Spanish firms; Persistence; Technological partners JEL classification: L24; O32; D22; C23 3 IntroductionEmpirical contributions to the study of cooperation in innovation have expanded significantly in the last decades (Tether, 2002;Miotti and Sachwald, 2003;López, 2008;Abramovsky et al., 2009 We follow a dynamic approach in the analysis of cooperation persistence: We take into account unobserved individual heterogeneity and address the initial conditions problem for a sample of Spanish firms in the period 2002-2010. On average, we find that a firm that cooperates in t-1 has a probability of cooperating in t that is around 33 percentage points higher than that of a firm that did not cooperate in the previous period. We also show that such persistence is genuine in the sense that it is beyond the persistence that is observed in R&D. While the highest persistence is found in the case of vertical collaboration, we also observe that cooperation agreements with research-based agents increase the likelihood of cooperating in the future with a different type of partner.After this introduction, Section 2 proceeds with the literature review. Section 3 describes the database that is used, and Section 4 presents the empirical model. In Section 5 we present and discuss our results; and the main conclusions of the paper are presented in Section 6. Literature review and hypothesis Persistence in cooperation in innovation activitiesThe degree of cooperation persistence of a firm could be defined as the positive impact of past collaborations on present cooperation agreements. In principle, there are several potential sources for persistent behaviour (Heckman, 1981a). First, it might be caused by true state dependence: The decision to innovate through cooperation in one period in itself enhances the 5 probability to cooperate in the subsequent period. Second, firms may have some specific characteristics that make them prone to cooperate. To the extent that these characteristics persist over time, they will inevitably induce persistence in cooperation agreements as well.Such features can be classified into observable attributes, such as firm size or a firm's ...

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Technology alliances in emerging economies: persistence and interrelation in European firms' alliance formation

Cited by 23 publications

References 62 publications

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

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

Functional and contextual dimensions of INVs’ alliance partner selection

Are Collaborative Agreements in Innovation Activities Persistent at the Firm Level? Empirical Evidence for the Spanish Case

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