A contingency view of alliance management capabilities for innovation in the biotech industry

  1. Carmen Cabello-Medina 1
  2. Antonio Carmona-Lavado 1
  3. Gloria Cuevas-Rodriguez 1
  1. 1 Pablo de Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain
Journal:
Business Research Quarterly

ISSN: 2340-9444,  2340-9436

Year of publication: 2020

Volume: 23

Issue: 1

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1177/2340944420901050 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

En esta investigación, analizamos la influencia de dos capacidades de gestión de alianzas, la coordinación y el aprendizaje interorganizacional, en el desempeño de las alianzas para la innovación. Al adoptar una visión de contingencia, exploramos si la efectividad de estas capacidades depende de ciertas características de la configuración de la cartera de la alianza (diversidad geográfica y de socios). Basándonos en una muestra de empresas españolas pertenecientes a los cinco clústeres biotecnológicos líderes, nuestros resultados demuestran que las capacidades de gestión de alianzas no son igualmente efectivas en diferentes contextos. Las capacidades de coordinación de la alianza se vuelven más efectivas cuando la diversidad de socios es baja y la diversidad geográfica es alta. Por el contrario, Las capacidades de aprendizaje interorganizacionales tienen un efecto positivo en el desempeño de la cartera de alianzas cuando la diversidad de socios es alta y la diversidad geográfica es baja. Estos resultados también tienen implicaciones útiles para los gerentes involucrados en alianzas para la innovación, quienes pueden dirigir los esfuerzos organizacionales hacia las capacidades de alianza más efectivas, dependiendo de las características de su portafolio de alianzas.

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The authors acknowledge the Spanish Minister of Economy and Competitiveness (Project ECO2016-78882-R).

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