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Perversité de la Centralité et de la Diversité au Sein d’un Réseau d’Alliances : Le Cas du Secteur Automobile Mondial - Perversity of Centrality and Diversity Within Alliances Network: The Case of Global Automotive Industry

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  • Mouhoub Hani

    (Université Paris 8)

  • Faouzi Bensebaa

    (Université Paris 8)

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(VF) Partant de la littérature existante sur le portefeuille d’alliances qui admet une relation positive entre les caractéristiques du portefeuille (taille/diversité) et la performance, cette recherche au caractère quantitatif et longitudinal (2000-2015) menée sur un échantillon de 1063 observations relatives à 81 entreprises encastrées dans 47 réseaux stratégiques montre que, bien que ces propriétés structurelles permettent une meilleure performance, elles peuvent avoir des effets pervers dès lors que la firme atteint une position centrale ou occupe un trou structurel. Ceci peut s’expliquer par un coût marginal de la diversité substantiellement plus élevé que le bénéfice marginal en raison de la complexité du management d’une telle diversité. (VA) Based on the existing alliances portfolio literature that predominantly recognizes a positive relationship between portfolio characteristics (size/diversity) and performance, this quantitative and longitudinal (2000-2015) research carried out on a sample of 1063 observations related to 81 firms embedded in 47 strategic networks, shows that, although these structural properties allow a better performance, they can have perverse effects when the firm reaches a central position or occupies a structural hole. This can be explained by the marginal cost of diversity that is substantially higher than the marginal benefit due to the complexity of managing such diversity.

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  • Mouhoub Hani & Faouzi Bensebaa, 2019. "Perversité de la Centralité et de la Diversité au Sein d’un Réseau d’Alliances : Le Cas du Secteur Automobile Mondial - Perversity of Centrality and Diversity Within Alliances Network: The Case of Glo," Revue Finance Contrôle Stratégie, revues.org, vol. 22(2-3), pages 5-26, June-Sept.
  • Handle: RePEc:dij:revfcs:v:22:y:2019:i:2-3:p:5-26.
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    Keywords

    alliances; diversité; performance; portefeuille; position centrale; diversity; portfolion; central position.;
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    JEL classification:

    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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