Heimeriks (2010) "Confident or competent? How to avoid superstitious learning in alliance portfolios
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How are strategic alliances defined?
What is the question this study seeks to answer?
What are the two distinct learning processes that firms use to improve their ability to manage alliance portfolios?
- Experiential learning
- Deliberate learning
- Higher grades + faster learning
- Never study anything twice
- 100% sure, 100% understanding
Why do firms invest in deliberate learning?
When does superstitious learning occur?
How is such superstition nurtured?
What looms particularly large for firms with alliance portfolios of substantial size?
Which two different groups are studied to examine the potential origins of superstitious learning in alliance portfolios?
- Integrating mechanisms
- Institutionalizing mechanisms
What do integrating mechanisms?
What do institutionalizing mechanims?
What are the four main lessons that can be derived from the findings of this study?
- Invest in deliberate learning
- Balance the use of integrating and institutionalizing mechanisms
- Learn to experiment
- Make managers accountable
What about invest in deliberate learning?
What about balance the use between integrating and institutionalizing mechanisms?
What about make managers accountable?
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