Comparing the resource‐based and relational views: knowledge transfer and spillover in vertical alliances

We compare resource‐based and relational perspectives to examine competitive advantages within the context of vertical learning alliances. Previous research has shown that through such alliances suppliers acquire knowledge to forge new capabilities and attain performance improvements. We ask whether such improvements are exclusive to the learning partnership, or are available in other average partnerships of this supplier. We posit that the extent to which such performance improvements are partnership exclusive depends on whether the newly forged capabilities lie entirely within the supplier firm's boundaries, or at the learning dyad level. As such, we untie two forms of performance improvements arising from learning dyads. While the resource‐based view helps explain the performance gains learning suppliers deploy across average partners, the relational view reveals the additional performance edge that remains exclusive to the learning partnership. Based on empirical evidence from a survey of 253 suppliers to the equipment industry, we find that partnership exclusive performance (i.e., ‘relational performance’), the true source of learning dyads' competitive advantage, is a function of suppliers acquiring know‐how within the dyad, developing dyad‐specific assets and capabilities, and structuring buyer‐supplier relational governance mechanisms. We discuss implications for research and practice. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Resource linkages and capability development

In this paper, we examine the different resource linkages sought by manufacturing firms through strategic alliance. We look closely at the impact of manufacturing activities on choice of resource linkage. Using a sample of Taiwanese firms, we found that product development ability and marketing distribution channels are the top priority resource linkages that Taiwanese manufacturing firms seek to establish. The authors also found it interesting that marketing know-how was not a resource commonly sought by Original Design and Manufacturing (ODM) firms, nor by Own-Brand Manufacturing (OBM) firms. Some implications are further discussed. Instead of outsourcing production to external suppliers, Taiwanese OBM firms remained committed to manufacturing as a core competence when they established their own brands overseas.     

农户的采购联盟模式

本文提出用农户采购联盟模式来降低农户成本、增加收入,并对契约形式、企业法人形式和非企业社团法人形式的3种农户采购联盟进行了比较分析,对农户采购联盟这一新型合作组织从资源整合模式、业务处理模式及组织运行模式3个方面进行了研究,用经济学方法分析了农户采购联盟的成本效益,提出要大力发展非企业社团法人形式的农户采购联盟。     

Flow Signals: Evidence from Patent and Alliance Portfolios in the US Biopharmaceutical Industry

Integrating signalling theory and the portfolio diversity literature, we theorize that diversity in a firm's patent and alliance portfolios sends contrasting flow signals impacting its market value in a nuanced way. Diversity in an alliance portfolio mediates the patent portfolio diversity – market value relationship by suppressing the negative effect of patent portfolio diversity creating an overall positive effect. We test our mediation model on a longitudinal set of 225 US biopharmaceutical firms that were awarded 17,078 patents and participated in 37,744 alliances between 1990 and 2006. Our theory and findings contribute three novel insights. First, we demonstrate the value of a temporal lens in explaining why diversity in a firm's patent and alliance portfolios send flow signals that establish expectations among market observers and have performance implications. Second, establishing that patent and alliance portfolio diversity are temporally sequenced provides compelling evidence for the value of studying multiple types of portfolios, their temporal relationships and effects on firm outcomes. Third, since diversity in a firm's portfolios can send contrasting flow signals conditioned on the cognitive demands and proximity involved in interpreting the signals, firms that do not maintain a ‘signalling fit’ with market observers increase the probability of unintentional negative signalling effects.     

知识联盟"学习赛跑"的影响因素分析

通过分析影响知识联盟知识转移的各种因素和联盟动态演进的过程,重新定义了知识联盟成功的含义,并根据“学习赛跑”的理论模型讨论了知识联盟演进过程中各类影响因素的作用,给出了研究知识联盟动态演进过程的因素分析模型,为研究知识联盟提供了新的思路和方法。     

中国城乡社会救助项目绩效评价研究——基于筹资水平的横向公平性分析

近30年来,我国社会经济体制逐步转型,新贫困群体出现。我国政府在20世纪90年代后对原有社会安全网框架进行了修补,建立起一套常规性社会救助项目,其绩效备受关注。横向公平性指标集中体现了社会救助的公平价值取向,超越了以往的经验型研究,是社会政策评估的新范式。文章以横向公平性为标准,以2003～2005年民政及各省统计年鉴数据为经验材料,对我国城乡社会安全网项目筹资水平的绩效做出评估,并为我国社会安全网项目的进一步发展提供经验证据。     

基于SCM的农业产业链上联盟伙伴的选择

围绕核心企业，通过对信息流、物流、资金流的控制．从采购原材料开始，将供应商、制造商、分销商、零售商直至最终用户连成一个整体的功能网链结构模式SCM，是传统管理模式的一场革命。本文试图将SCM哲理引入到农业产业链中，在讨论SCM与农业产业链之间内在联系的基础上，构建基于SCM的多链、网状农业产业链框架体系，然后借助于模糊技术综合评判方法，讨论农业产业链上节点联盟伙伴的选择，从而实现农业产业链体系的优化和各联盟企业的利益共享与多赢。     

论我国企业技术联盟创新与发展

面对激烈的市场竞争,企业间需要有效合作,建立企业技术联盟.建立企业技术联盟,具有市场先入、优势互补、提高企业竞争力和增强企业创新能力等优势.建立企业技术联盟创新的战略选择主要是:政府应作好对企业技术联盟的政策支持;要大力发展中介服务组织,提供咨询服务;要为企业技术联盟提供完善的法律保障;企业要不断拓展国际技术联盟形式,直接参与国际合作与竞争中去,壮大自身竞争实力.在发展企业技术联盟中,政府应遵循服务性原则,其宏观指导应灵活多样,努力创造企业进行技术联盟的良好环境.     

论农业保险经营模式的选择--基于防范信息不对称之上的研究

信息不对称问题是阻碍农业保险经营与发展的重要障碍,在纯商业化形式不适用的情况下,单纯的政策性农业保险也难以化解此矛盾."互助合作 联合共保"农险经营模式可以充分发挥农业保险作为一项不可替代的经济补偿制度的作用.     

渠道发展新动态及成因分析

归纳新的市场条件下渠道发展的新动态,并从多个维度分析了这些新动态产生的原因,以便为企业的渠道设计决策和渠道管理决策提供参考。