Strategic Alliances

AFRICA ARI O is Associate Professor of General Management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain, where she serves as Associate Director for Faculty. She is also Academic Director of the Anselmo Rubiralta Centre for Globalization and Strategy at IESE. She holds a PhD from the Anderson School of Management at University of California, Los Angeles, USA. JEFFREY J. REUER is Associate Professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, USA. His research is in the area of corporate strategy, and his current work examines corporate investments s

• Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Governance and Contracts in Strategic Alliances; A.Ariño & J.J.Reuer PART I: GOVERNANCE OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES The Need for Scale as a Driver of Alliance Formation: Choosing between Collaborative and Autonomous Production; B.Garrette, X.Castañer & P.Dussauge Do Alliances Provide Effective Entry into a New Line of Business?: The Short Term vs. Long Term Effects of Entering a New Line of Business Through Alliances; L.Mulotte & P.Dussauge The Bearable Lightness of Inter-firm Strategic Alliances: Resource-Based and Procedural Contracting; A.Grandori & M.Furlotti Why Managers Choose Equity Ownership in Inter-Firm Relationships?; P.Kale & P.Puranam Government as an Alliance Partner; M.Richards & D.C.Indro Coordination, Appropriation and Governance in Alliances: The Biotechnology Case; S.Tallman & A.Phene Licences and Joint Ventures as Knowledge Acquisition Mechanisms: Evidence from U.S.-Japan Alliances; J.E.Oxley & T.Wada Are there Benefits from Engaging in an Alliance with a Firm Prior to its Acquisition?; R.Agarwal, J.Anand & R.Croson Interorganizational Governance Trajectories: Towards a Better Understanding of the Connections between Partner Selection, Negotiation and Contracting; P.W.L.Vlaar, F.A.J.van den Bosch & H.W.Volberda Strategic Alliance Governance: An Extended Real Options Perspective; I.R.P.Cuypers & X.Martin The Uncertainty-Governance Choice-Puzzle Revisited: Theoretical Perspectives on Alliance Governance; F.Koenig & T.Mellewigt A Time-Dependent Framework on Developing Perceptions of Relational Norms: The Role of Emotions and Uncertainty Reduction Factors; L.Poppo & C.J.Lambe Matching Alliance Governance to Alliance Content; G.Hoetker & T.Mellewigt The Enforcement Space: Some Reflections on the Role of Trust and Enforcement in Strategic Alliances; S.Svejenova, M.P.Koza & A.Y.Lewin PART II: CONTRACTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES Revisiting Our Views of Contract and Contracting in the Context of Governing Alliances; P.Smith Ring Designing Inter-Organizational Contracts: The Role of Detailed Task Descriptions; K.J.Mayer The Value of Patent Protection for Technology Development Alliances; S.Wakeman Do Prior Alliances Influence Alliance Contract Structure?; M.D.Ryall & R.C.Sampson Learning to Govern by Contract; N.Argyres & K.J.Mayer Contractual Renegotiations in Entrepreneurial Alliances; A.Ariño, R.Ragozzino & J.J.Reuer Index