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Competitor collaboration and innovation performance: Exploring the moderating effect of internal R&D efforts.
No full textGoverning technology acquisitions: A longitudinal study of pre-acquisition collaboration processes and post-acquisition integration processes
No full textTransitional Governance in External Technology Trajectories: Connecting Pre-acquisition collaboration to post-acquisition integration
Get PDFCollaboration and acquisition have traditionally been observed as two alternative strategies to get access to external technologies. However, real option scholars have recently argued that firms can also engage in transitional technology sourcing trajectories where collaboration and acquisition are used as complementary strategies. While these real option scholars have identified factors that influence when partners are likely to shift from collaboration to acquisition, they remain silent on how such a transition can be effectively managed. Based on a multiple case-study of four transitional technology sourcing trajectories between one entrepreneurial and one established firm, this study therefore explores how the pre-acquisition collaboration stage and the post-acquisition integration are related to each other. Our findings suggest that entrepreneurial companies may use the pre-acquisition collaboration stage as a period to evaluate the goodwill of the established partner. In addition, we point to the presence of pre-acquisition integration efforts and the extent of strategic convergence during the pre-acquisition collaboration stage as factors that substantially influence the success of the post-acquisition integration process in transitional governance trajectories
Collaboration and innovation performance: Toward an encompassing view on the configuration and management of alliance portfolios.
No full textThe impact of continuous and discontinuous alliance strategies on startup innovation performance
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