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Alliances and COVID-19 An Alliance- Shock Response Framework

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  • Brian Tjemkes
  • Peter Simoons

    (Associate Professor Strategy & Organization, Department of Management & Organization, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic represents an external shock that has prompted a variety of organizational responses. Recognizing the pivotal role that alliances fulfill in how firms deal with external shocks, we present an alliance-shock framework. Our framework stipulates that a firm’s response to an external shock is driven by (1) the extent to which the alliance portfolio functions as a buffering mechanism (that is, narrow versus broad) and (2) how decision-makers categorize the external shock (that is, opportunity versus threat). Based on these two dimensions, we infer four prototypical alliance-shock responses: (1) shock-shaping, (2) shock-adaptation, (3) shock-stabilization, and (4) shock-absorption.

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  • Brian Tjemkes & Peter Simoons, 2021. "Alliances and COVID-19 An Alliance- Shock Response Framework," Annals of Social Sciences & Management studies, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 6(2), pages 58-62, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:oajasm:v:6:y:2021:i:2:p:58-62
    DOI: 10.19080/ASM.2021.06.555683
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    juniper publishers; social sciences journals; social anthropology; social policy; journal of social science; social and political science journals; journal of social science; open access; juniper publishers reivew;
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    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
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