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Do horizontal relationships matter to production and operations managers?

2014

This paper shifts the focus of production, operations and supply chain management business relationships from the vertical to the horizontal side and calls for more research on this issue. The main intent is to provide managerially oriented arguments regarding the linkages between the achievement of operations-related goals and decisions related to horizontal business relationships. Specifically, we address the following research question: Does a linkage exist between production and operations objectives and the decisions a company makes about horizontal agreements, particularly horizontal governance mode choice? To answer this research question, we develop literature-based hypotheses and c…

Supply chain managementhorizontal relationshipStrategy and ManagementCorporate governanceoperations performanceLinkage (mechanical)Management Science and Operations ResearchSettore ING-IND/35 - Ingegneria Economico-GestionaleIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineeringlaw.inventionmergers and acquisitionThen testalliances and joint venturelawMergers and acquisitionsEconomicsgovernance choiceProduction (economics)Operations managementMarketingMode choiceResearch question
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External knowledge sourcing for R&D activities: antecedents and implications of governance mode choice

2014

This paper investigates how internal and external factors affect the choice between alliances and joint ventures (A&JVs) and mergers and acquisitions (M&As) for the external sourcing of research and development (R&D) activities, and whether or not such a choice is really con- tingent, that is, is it the best choice in terms of its impact on firms’ innovative performance under those circumstances? We build a set of hypotheses based on both the transaction-cost theory and the resource-based view, and test them through a secondary data source analy- sis. We found that companies adopt either R&D M&A or A&JV depending on internal (e.g. resources and capabilities, innovation experience) and exter…

mergers and acquisi- tioninnovative performanceStrategy and ManagementCorporate governanceexternal knowledge sourcingManagement Science and Operations ResearchContingency approachSettore ING-IND/35 - Ingegneria Economico-GestionaleAffect (psychology)Test (assessment)contingency approachResource (project management)alliances and joint ventureMergers and acquisitionsBusinessMarketingMode choiceSet (psychology)Industrial organizationTechnology Analysis & Strategic Management
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