Handbook of strategic alliances / editors, Oded Shenkar, Jeffery J. Reuer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shenkar, Oded.

Reuer, J. J. (Jeffrey J.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strategic alliances (Business)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Strategic alliances (Business).

Management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (479 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The articles in this book cover the state of art of research on strategic alliances and serves to lay out a research agenda on collaborative strategy and alliance management. Scholars in the field chart the alliance literature, its evolution and current state and future course.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Part I - Introduction to Strategic Alliances; Chapter 1 - The Alliance Puzzle: Known Terrain, Black Boxes, and the Road Ahead; Part II - Theoretical Foundations; Chapter 2 - Strategic Alliances: A Survey of Issues from an Entrepreneurial Perspective; Chapter 3 - How Alliances Reshape Competition Benjamin Gomes-Casseres; Chapter 4 - Opportunism in Cooperative Alliances: Conditions and Solutions; Chapter 5 - Understanding Partnering Processes and Outcomes: The Contribution of Evolutionary Theory

Chapter 6 - What Does a Real Options Perspective Add to the Understanding of Strategic Alliances?Chapter 7 - Networks of Strategic Alliances; Part III - Alliance Management: Opening the ""Black Boxes""; Chapter 8 - Structuring and Restructuring Alliances: A Theory-Based Process Model; Chapter 9 - Alliance Contractual Design; Chapter 10 - Interorganizational Trust; Chapter 11 - Exploring Dark Corners: An Agenda for Organizational Behavior Research in Alliance Contexts; Chapter 12 - Alliance Forms and Human Resource Issues, Implications, and Significance

Chapter 13 - Learning and Knowledge Development in AlliancesPart IV - Cross-Border Collaborations; Chapter 14 - Alliances and International Business Theory; Chapter 15 - Nurturing Successful Alliances across Boundaries; Chapter 16 - International Joint Ventures in Emerging Economies: Past Drivers and Emerging Trends; Part V - Nontraditional Strategic Alliances; Chapter 17 - Alliances in the New Economy; Chapter 18 - Entrepreneurial Alliances and Networks; Chapter 19 - Strange Bedfellows: Alliances between Corporations and Nonprofits; Part VI - Alliance Research Methodologies

Chapter 20 - Research Methods in AlliancesChapter 21 - Research Outside the ""Core"": Opportunities in Alternative Approaches and Methods for Studying Cooperative Alliances; Chapter 22 - Modeling and Measuring the Performance of Alliances; Chapter 23 - The Legitimacy of Messiness: Interdisciplinary Research, Systems of Innovation, and Strategic Alliances; Name Index; Subject Index; About the Editors; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781322418728

1322418721

9781452264028

1452264023

OCLC:

809772722