Jeffrey J. Reuer

Shivaram Devarakonda

Elko Klijn

The study of alliance governance is a significant component needed for the analysis of economic organization and the execution and performance of alliances. This authoritative volume covers the most important research conducted on strategic alliances and their governance. The editors have selected seminal papers which consider a number of important issues, including when firms use alliances relative to other organizational forms (e.g., acquisitions), alternative types of alliances, and the most important governance arrangements for inter-firm collaborations. The collection also carefully examines the specific means by which firms design alliance contracts and other dimensions of alliance governance. This indispensable volume is particularly well suited for scholars and students in strategic management, international business, management, and economics.

Alliance Governance

Cooperative Strategies

Luiz F. Mesquita

Roberto Ragozzino

This book provides approachable and insightful chapters that summarize state-of-the-art thinking and research on alliances and networks. Contributions by leading scholars cover foundations or fundamentals as well as frontier areas through a diverse range of perspectives.

Critical Issues for Alliances and Networks

Collaborative Strategy

Oded Shenkar

Covers research on strategic alliances, and serves to lay out a research agenda on collaborative strategy and alliance management. This book covers the theoretical foundations that guide work on inter-firm collaboration, ranging from sociological perspectives to real options theory to diverse traditions within organizational economics.

Handbook of Strategic Alliances

Jessica Jones

Sharon F. Matusik

Organizational collaboration has played an important role in the field of strategic management in recent decades, including influential works on joint ventures, networks, and social capital. Likewise, the field of entrepreneurship has long recognized the value of collaboration, since young ventures often don't have the latitude to own or control all of the resources they need. Rather, the conditions of uncertainty and resource scarcity inherent in entrepreneurship push these ventures to creatively access resources, often through partnerships and collaborations that vary in formality. Though the importance of collaboration to entrepreneurship might seem apparent, research on it is distributed across multiple contexts, theoretical perspectives, and units of analysis. The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Collaboration is a comprehensive volume that addresses the most important topics related to collaboration and connects them to unique challenges and opportunities related to entrepreneurship. Bringing together leading scholars from both areas, the volume takes stock of the current literature and aims to advance this body of research by highlighting the role that collaboration plays in value creation, resource acquisition, and the development of entrepreneurial ventures.

Jeffrey J. Reuer

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