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dc.contributor.advisorEden, Lorraine
dc.contributor.advisorHitt, Michael A.
dc.creatorLi, Dan
dc.date.accessioned2006-10-30T23:23:16Z
dc.date.available2006-10-30T23:23:16Z
dc.date.created2005-08
dc.date.issued2006-10-30
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4152
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation investigates three sets of research questions. First, how can partner selection be used as a mechanism to minimize R&D alliance participants’ concerns about knowledge leakage? And what is the nature of the relationship among partner selection and two previously-studied protection mechanisms – governance structure and alliance scope? Extending this research question to the international context, the second set of research questions asks how international R&D alliances differ from their domestic counterparts in partner selection to protect their participants’ valuable knowledge, and how different types of international R&D alliances vary in this regard. Distinguishing bilateral from multilateral R&D alliances, this dissertation examines a third set of questions about how multilateral R&D alliances differ from bilateral ones in partner selection for the purpose of protecting participants’ technological assets. Hypotheses are proposed and tested with a sample of 2,185 R&D alliances involving companies in high technology industries. Results indicate that the more radical the innovation an R&D alliance intends to develop, the more likely the alliance will be formed between Friends than Strangers. However, under the same situation, firms are less likely to select Acquaintances than Strangers. A substitution effect was detected among partner selection, governance structure, and alliance scope used by firms to protect their valuable technological assets from being appropriated in R&D alliances. In addition, no empirical support was found for different partner selection preferences for firms forming domestic R&D alliances versus international R&D alliances. However, results show that firms, when forming trinational R&D alliances and/or traditional international R&D alliances, are more likely to select their prior partners than when forming cross-nation domestic R&D alliances. Moreover, this study shows that when an R&D alliance is formed by multiple companies, partner firms are more likely to be prior partners. I argue that concerns about knowledge leakage explain this result.en
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dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.subjectpartner selectionen
dc.subjectknowledge protectionen
dc.subjectR&D allianceen
dc.subjectinternationalen
dc.subjectmultilateralen
dc.titleKnowledge protection and partner selection in R&D alliancesen
dc.typeBooken
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thesis.degree.departmentManagementen
thesis.degree.disciplineManagementen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberIreland, R. Duane
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMahajan, Arvind
dc.type.genreElectronic Dissertationen
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