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Experience effects and collaborative returns in R&D alliances

Sampson, Rachelle C.·2005·Strategic Management Journal
DOI 10.1002/smj.483
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Focusing on the link between prior alliance experience and firm benefits from R&D collaborations, this paper explores whether firms learn to manage their alliances. While prior experience should increase collaborative benefits from the current alliance, I expect these returns: (1) to be most beneficial when alliance activities are more uncertain; and (2) to diminish at high levels of experience. Results from a sample of 464 R&D alliances in the telecom equipment industry generally match these expectations. The positive benefits of prior experience in complex alliances suggest that a broader set of alliance management processes allows the firm to manage situations of ambiguity more readily. The lack of cumulative benefits from prior experience appears to be partly due to knowledge depreciating over time, since only recent experience has a positive impact on collaborative returns. Overall, these results provide empirical evidence of the effect of prior experience on collaborative benefits, both directly and conditionally on alliance characteristics, and have implications for learning to manage organizations more generally. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors
Sampson, R. C.
Affiliations
University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Corresponding author
Sampson, Rachelle C.
ORCID
Sampson, Rachelle C.
Venue
Strategic Management Journal
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2005-09-21
Volume
26
Issue
11
Pages
1009-1031
ISSN
  • 0143-2095 (ISSN-L)
  • 1097-0266
DOI
10.1002/smj.483
OpenAlex
W2003755540
Cited by
443
References
65
Citations by year
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FWCI
59.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
Strategic Management Journal (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › International Business and FDI
Keywords
R&D alliances, alliance management, knowledge depreciation, telecommunications equipment industry, interfirm collaboration

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