Measures of Complementarity and Compatibility in Strategic Alliances for Innovation: A Review of Literature

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10.2991/itmr.2015.5.4.3How to use a DOI?

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Complementarity, Compatibility, Strategic Alliances, Innovation

Abstract

By focusing on resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capability view (DCV), a target firm can be assessed for its complementarity and compatibility by the alliance-initiating firm to form a strategic technology alliance. This is because complementarity and compatibility among the partner firms affect the alliance performance. By reviewing the empirical findings on innovation through strategic alliances, this paper helps to classify various innovative capabilities possessed by a target firm as measures of complementarity or compatibility. This classification has several implications for researchers and practitioners dealing with the problem of partner selection for innovation in strategic alliances.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ram Kumar Dhurkari
AU  - M.K. Nandakumar
PY  - 2015
DA  - 2015/11/30
TI  - Measures of Complementarity and Compatibility in Strategic Alliances for Innovation: A Review of Literature
JO  - The International Technology Management Review
SP  - 182
EP  - 201
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SN  - 1835-5269
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itmr.2015.5.4.3
DO  - 10.2991/itmr.2015.5.4.3
ID  - Dhurkari2015
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