TY - JOUR
T1 - Governance contingencies for strategic technology alliances
T2 - A case in wireless business
AU - Pateli, Adamantia G.
AU - Giaglis, George M.
PY - 2007/11
Y1 - 2007/11
N2 - Strategic management research has often emphasised the importance of alliances as efficient structure to develop and commercialise technology-based innovation. The advantage of strategic alliances over the traditional hierarchical and market-like organisational forms has been evident in high-tech markets, featured by high degree of resource specificity and intense need for know-how transfer. Drawing from several theories, the paper proposes a novel contingency model to explain how organisations decide on the governance structure of alliances by taking into account their strategic motivations and a number of contextual factors. The model is applied to a real-life case study in the wireless market to demonstrate its applicability.
AB - Strategic management research has often emphasised the importance of alliances as efficient structure to develop and commercialise technology-based innovation. The advantage of strategic alliances over the traditional hierarchical and market-like organisational forms has been evident in high-tech markets, featured by high degree of resource specificity and intense need for know-how transfer. Drawing from several theories, the paper proposes a novel contingency model to explain how organisations decide on the governance structure of alliances by taking into account their strategic motivations and a number of contextual factors. The model is applied to a real-life case study in the wireless market to demonstrate its applicability.
KW - Contingency model
KW - Strategic technology alliances
KW - Technology innovation
KW - Wireless business
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=38549124386&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/IJTM.2007.015755
DO - 10.1504/IJTM.2007.015755
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38549124386
SN - 0267-5730
VL - 40
SP - 310
EP - 329
JO - International Journal of Technology Management
JF - International Journal of Technology Management
IS - 4
ER -