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A Resource-Based View Of Alliances: The Case Of The Handheld Computer Industry

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  • TIM MINSHALL

    (Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge, Mill Lane, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, United Kingdom;
    The Judge Institute of Management Studies,University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1AG, United Kingdom)

Abstract

Strategic alliances are a common feature of uncertain competitive environments driven by fast-changing technologies. However, research also reveals that firms find strategic alliances frequently to be more expensive, less efficient and more difficult to manage than anticipated. Alliances based around emerging technologies can suffer higher failure rates and incur greater costs than the formation of a new business venture. This paper uses a resource-based perspective to examine the variety of roles that, despite the problems they present, alliances have played in the strategies of three firms competing within the rapidly evolving handheld computer industry.The paper concludes by presenting a view that the ability of a firm to set up and manage strategic alliances can be considered as a distinct organisational capability for firms seeking to compete in a fast changing competitive environment driven by emerging technologies, and indicates possible directions for future research in this area.

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  • Tim Minshall, 1999. "A Resource-Based View Of Alliances: The Case Of The Handheld Computer Industry," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(02), pages 159-183.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:03:y:1999:i:02:n:s1363919699000086
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919699000086
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    1. Shichun Xu & Erin Cavusgil & Seyda Deligonul, 2016. "Number Of R&D Alliances And Innovation Output — Nonlinear Relationship Evidence From The Pharmaceutical Industry," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 20(06), pages 1-22, August.
    2. Yuan Zhou & Meijuan Pan & Frauke Urban, 2018. "Comparing the International Knowledge Flow of China’s Wind and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Industries: Patent Analysis and Implications for Sustainable Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-34, June.
    3. Perrons, Robert K., 2009. "The open kimono: How Intel balances trust and power to maintain platform leadership," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(8), pages 1300-1312, October.

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