Relative absorptive capacity and interorganizational learning

Article Abstract:

The body of research on learning alliances has focused on how they should be organized and managed and has not sufficiently examined the selection of a learning partner with whom an alliance should be formed. To correct this imbalance, a model of interorganizational learning that relies on the theory of absorptive capacity introduced by Cohen and Levinthal (1989, 1990) was formulated and tested. This analysis hypothesized that the capacity of a firm to learn from another is mutually influenced by the relative qualities of the student firm and the teacher firm. The model was tested using data on R&D alliances between pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms. Findings revealed that interorganizational learning is positively related to the similarity of basic knowledge, lower management formalization, research centralization, compensation policies and research communities.

Biochemistry, Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences, Research, Biotechnology industry, Biotechnology industries, Industrial research, Learning, Strategic alliances (Business), Interorganizational relations

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The trusted general manager and business unit performance: empirical evidence of a competitive advantage

Article Abstract:

Issues concerning the relationship between trust in a general manager and corporate competitive advantage are examined. Topics include the definition of trust, corporate performance, characteristics of a trustworthy manager, and a positive correlation between trust and performance.

Economic aspects, Management, Influence, Reliability, Reliability (Trustworthiness), Trust (Psychology)

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Untangling the origins of competitive advantage

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The history of competitive advantage is discussed through the process of pharmaceutical product development.

Business Methods, Product Development, Business planning

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