Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10493001 | Journal of Business Research | 2013 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Relying on relational capital theory and transaction cost economics (TCE), this study identifies factors that impede or promote alliance formation in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Environmental uncertainty and knowledge intensity impede firms' R&D alliance formation; the focal firm's overall trust in partners enhances alliance formation. Trust interacts positively with environmental uncertainty and knowledge intensity to affect alliance formation in SMEs. The findings reflect data from a longitudinal sample of 854 German SMEs, captured over eight years from 1999 to 2007.
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Authors
Debmalya Mukherjee, Ajai S. Gaur, Sanjaya S. Gaur, Florian Schmid,