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The duality of collaboration: inducements and opportunities in the formation of interfirm linkages

โœ Scribed by Gautam Ahuja

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2000
Tongue
English
Weight
159 KB
Volume
21
Category
Article
ISSN
0143-2095

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โœฆ Synopsis

I argue that the linkage-formation propensity of firms is explained by simultaneously examining both inducement and opportunity factors. Drawing upon resource-based and social network theory literatures I identify three forms of accumulated capital-technical, commercial, and social-that can affect a firm's inducements and opportunities to form linkages. Firms possessing these capital stocks enjoy advantages in linkages formation. However, firms lacking these accumulated resources can still form linkages if they generate a radical technological breakthrough. Thus, I identify paths to linkage formation for leading as well as peripheral firms. I test these arguments with longitudinal data on technical collaborative linkages in the global chemicals industry.

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