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Entangled Modes: Boundaries to effective international knowledge sourcing through technology alliances and technology-based acquisitions

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  • Jojo Jacob
  • Rene Belderbos
  • Boris Lokshin

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In today’s globalized era, corporate technology strategy is increasingly oriented towards accessing international sources of knowledge that can improve the novelty and variety of firms’ knowledge bases. Technology alliances and technology-based acquisitions have become two ubiquitous modes used in pursuing such an internationally-oriented technology strategy. We propose two boundaries to the effectiveness of pursuing geographically dispersed portfolios of alliances and acquisitions, arising from managerial complexities and knowledge redundancies that the combined portfolio of these modes may engender. We find support for our predictions in an analysis at the technology level of 165 leading firms across multiple industries. The findings of this paper highlight the need for managing the interrelatedness of diverse alliance and acquisition portfolios for their effective performance.

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  • Jojo Jacob & Rene Belderbos & Boris Lokshin, 2022. "Entangled Modes: Boundaries to effective international knowledge sourcing through technology alliances and technology-based acquisitions," Working Papers of Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven 706258, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:msiper:706258
    Note: paper number MSI_2208
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    2. Shi, Xinwei & Williams, Christopher & Rong, Ke, 2025. "China's technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
    3. Belderbos, René & Leten, Bart & Suzuki, Shinya, 2023. "International R&D and MNCs' innovation performance: An integrated approach," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 29(6).

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