Conditions for knowledge sharing in competitive alliances

European Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 578-587

  Soekijad, Maura ^a   Andriessen, Erik ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Co opetition; Inter organisational alliances; Knowledge sharing; Learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142139155     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(03)00107-5     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Axelrod R. The Evolution of Co-operation 1984 Basic Books New York
2. Bengtsson M. Kock S. 'Coopetition' in business networks - to cooperate and compete simultaneously Industrial Marketing Management 29 2000 411-426
3. Brandenburger A.M. Nalebuff B.J. Co-opetition 1996 Currency-Doubleday New York
4. Cohen W.M. Levinthal D.A. Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation Administrative Science Quarterly 35 1990 128-152
5. Doz Y.L. The evolution of co-operation in strategic alliances: initial conditions or learning processes? Strategic Management Journal 17 1996 55-83
6. Eisenhardt K.M. Building theories from case study research Academy of Management Review 14 4 1989 532-550
7. Eisenhardt K.M. Martin J.A. Dynamic capabilities: what are they? Strategic Management Journal 21 2000 1105-1121
8. Gulati R. Network location and learning: the influence of network resources and firm capabilities on alliance formation Strategic Management Journal 20 1999 397-420
9. Gulati R. Nohria N. Zaheer A. Strategic networks Strategic Management Journal 21 2000 203-215
10. Hamel G. Competition for competence and interpartner learning within international strategic alliances Strategic Management Journal 12 1991 83-103
11. Hamel G. Doz Y. Prahalad C.K. Collaborate with your competitors and win Harvard Business Review 67 1989 133-139
12. Hansen M.T. The search-transfer problem: the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits Administrative Science Quarterly 44 1999 82-111
13. Harding R. Competition and collaboration in German technology transfer European Management Journal 20 5 2002 470-485
14. Huang, J. C., Newell, S. and Galliers R.D. (2002) Inter-organisational Communities of Practice. In OKLC 2002 Conference Proceedings, Athens, Greece.
15. Huber G.P. Organizational learning: the contributing processes and the literatures Organization Science 2 1 1991 88-114
16. Huysman M. de Wit D. Kennis delen in de praktijk, vergaren, uitwisselen en ontwikkelen van kennis met ICT 2000 Van Gorcum Assen
17. Inkpen A.C. Learning and knowledge acquisition through international strategic alliances Academy of Management Executive 12 4 1998 69-80
18. Inkpen A.C. Dinur A. Knowledge management processes and international joint ventures Organization Science 9 4 1998 454-468
19. Inkpen A.C. Crossan M.M. Believing is seeing: joint ventures and organization learning Journal of Management Studies 32 5 1995 595-618
20. Kale P. Dyer J. Singh H. Value creation and success in strategic alliances: alliancing skills and the role of alliance structure and systems European Management Journal 19 5 2001 463-471
21. Khanna T. Gulati R. Nohira N. The dynamics of learning alliances: competition, co-operation, and relative scope Strategic Management Journal 19 1998 193-210
22. Kogut B. Zander U. Knowledge of the firm, combinative capabilities, and the replication of technology Organization Science 3 3 1992 383-397
23. Kraatz M.S. Learning by association? Interorganizational networks and adaptation to environmental change Academy of Management Journal 41 6 1998 621-643
24. Kreiner K. Schultz M. Informal collaboration in R&D: the formation of networks across organizations Organization studies 14 2 1993 189-209
25. Lane P.J. Lubatkin M. Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning Strategic Management Journal 19 5 1998 461-478
26. Lane, A. Salk A. and Lyles A. (2001) Absorptive capacity, learning, and performance in international joint ventures. Strategic Management Journal 22, 1139-1161.
27. Larsson R. Bengtsson L. Henriksson K. Sparks J. The interorganizational learning dilemma: collective knowledge development in strategic alliances Organization Science 9 3 1998 285-305
28. Levinson N.S. Asahi M. Cross-national alliances and interorganizational learning Organizational Dynamics Autumn 1995 50-64
29. Lofstrom, S.M. (2000) Absorptive capacity in strategic alliances: investigating the effects of individuals' social and human capital on inter-firm learning. In Organization Science Winter Conference 2000.
30. McEvily B. Zaheer A. Bridging ties: a source of firm heterogeneity in competitive capabilities Strategic Management Journal 20 1999 1133-1156
31. Mowery D.C. Oxley J.E. Silverman B.S. Strategic alliances and interfirm knowledge transfer Strategic Management Journal 17 1996 77-91
32. Nonaka I. Takeuchi H. The Knowledge-creating Company: How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation 1995 Oxford University Press New York
33. Powell W.W. Neither market nor hierarchy: network forms of organization Research in Organizational Behavior 12 1990 295-336
34. Powell W.W. Learning from collaboration: knowledge and networks in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries California Management Review 40 3 1998 228-240
35. Teece D.J. The dynamic capabilities of firms: an introduction Industrial and Corporate Change 3 3 1994 537-556
36. Von Hippel E. Co-operation between rivals: informal know-how trading Research Policy 16 1987 291-302
37. Zander U. Kogut B. Knowledge and the speed of the transfer and imitation of organizational capabilities: an empirical test Organization Science 6 1 1995 76-92