Sampson (2007) "R&D alliances and firm performance: The impact of technological diversity and alliance organization on innovation
27 important questions on Sampson (2007) "R&D alliances and firm performance: The impact of technological diversity and alliance organization on innovation
On which two factors is focused that likely affect both the ability and the willingness of partners to share knowledge-based capabilities?
- Differences between allying firm technological capabilities
- Alliance organizational form
Why does the author argue that a moderate level of technological diversity is ideal?
When does the influence of organizational form on alliance outcomes matter more?
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Why has the alliance organizational form a profound effect on a firm's ability to benefit from diverse partner resources?
Why may highly diverse partner capabilities actually reduce the innovative benefits a firm reaps from collaborative R&D?
Why does beyond a critical minimum level of R&D activities the addition of similar capabilites not increase innovation?
What does pooling distinct perspectives and capabilities, or technological diversity between partners, encourage?
What is technological diversity?
When do firms benefit most from R&D alliances?
What do direct benefits include?
What do indirect benefits include?
Why are both direct and indirect outcomes important?
Which two alternatives in organizing their alliance activities can firms choose from?
- Bilateral contract
- Equity joint venture
What is a bilateral contract?
What is an equity joint venture?
Why may organizational form affect firm innovative performance?
What is the most important and prevalent context of knowledge transfer in alliances?
What is the key mechanism for knowledge transfer between venture and parents?
On which two key insights is the knowledge-based view founded?
- First: knowledge is difficult to transfer, particularly when it is complex, as in the case of much technological information.
- Second: Firms have particular characteristics that make knowledge sharing easier within firms than between firms.
Where is knowledge sharing easier? Joint venture of bilateral contract?
What consistent attributes does a joint venture have that distinguishes it from bilateral contract and allows for more efficient knowledge sharing and transfer
- formal joint management
- exclusive assignment of some employees to the joint venture
- more efficient routine development than in a bilateral contract
Why doses the assignment of employees to a joint venture also facilitates more efficient knowledge sharing between partners than a bilateral contract?
What does the creation of a separate legal entity encourage via a joint venture?
When may firms be able but not willing to share their knowledge-based capabilities?
Where does an equity joint venture likely provide less benefit?
What does the finding of H1 (moderate diversity) suggest?
What does the finding of H2 (organizational form) suggest?
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