The growth of alliances in the knowledge-based economy

Contractor, Farok J.; Lorange, Peter

doi:10.1016/s0969-5931(02)00021-5

Cited by 210 publications

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“…A similar trend can be found in numerous other industries (Contractor & Lorange, 2002;Hergert & Morris, 1988). This increase in alliances is generally attributed to intensified competition, globalization, rapid technological change, and notably for automobiles, growing consumer and governmental pressure on firms to respond to pressing social needs, particularly on environmental and safety issues.…”

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confidence: 79%

Inter-Firm Learning in High-Commitment Horizontal Alliances

Heller

Fujimoto

2004

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The present paper argues that the Ford-Mazda and Renault-Nissan relationships may represent a forerunning pattern of the learning alliance, whereby ongoing close interaction of horizontal alliance partners at multiple hierarchical levels can be used to facilitate the mutual accumulation of superior organizational capabilities within the alliance firms. Our observations suggest that for this pattern of cooperation to function effectively at least the following three conditions must be met. The alliance partners must: (1) co-exist as separate learning organizations, (2) be able to evaluate accurately a partner's relative organizational capability strengths and weaknesses, and (3) have the motivation and ability to facilitate a partner's inter-firm learning.

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confidence: 79%

Inter-Firm Learning in High-Commitment Horizontal Alliances

Heller

Fujimoto

2004

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“…Along with the number of patents, which is a quantitative indicator of IP, the diversity of areas of IP properties owned by firms is a useful measure for innovation performance of firms [97,[126][127][128].…”

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Network Analysis of Open Innovation

2016

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Abstract:The way people innovate and create new ideas and bring them to the market is undergoing a fundamental change from closed innovation to open innovation. Why and how do firms perform open innovation? Firms' open innovation is measured through the levels of firms' joint patent applications. Next, we analyze network structures and characters of firms' joint patent applications such as betweenness and degree centrality, structure hole, and closure. From this research, we drew conclusions as follows. First, the structure of collaboration networks has both direct and indirect effects on firms' innovative performance. Second, in the process of joint patent applications, there is a long tail phenomenon in networks of joint patent applications. Third, the number of patents and International Patent Classification (IPC) subclasses together constitute a meaningful measure of the innovation performance of firms.

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“…As has been suggested by others, networks concern investments in 'interaction capability', and as intangible capital structures should be analyzed as capital objects (Westlund 1999). In this sense, the term network covers a wide range of interactions, and, as noted by Contractor and Lorange (2002), may be either horizontal or vertical. Alongside customers, suppliers, and members of professional networks, other potential actors with which firms may engage in knowledge-related networks include rival firms, private and public sector knowledge providers, and universities.…”

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Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory

2015

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Despite the growing acknowledgement that entrepreneurship is an important driver of regional innovation and growth, the role of the networks in these processes has been less formally examined. In order to address this gap, this paper proposes that the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth is governed by a series of network dynamics. Drawing upon aspects of endogenous growth theory and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship, it is proposed that the nature of the networks formed by entrepreneurial firms is a key determinant of regional growth differentials. In particular, network capital, in the form of investments in strategic relations to gain access to knowledge, is considered to mediate the relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation-based regional growth. It is suggested that network dynamics should be further incorporated into theories concerning the link between knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship and regional growth. The paper concludes with a series of theoretical, entrepreneurial and policy implications emerging from the study.

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The growth of alliances in the knowledge-based economy

Cited by 210 publications

References 27 publications

Inter-Firm Learning in High-Commitment Horizontal Alliances

Inter-Firm Learning in High-Commitment Horizontal Alliances

Network Analysis of Open Innovation

Entrepreneurship, innovation and regional growth: a network theory

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