The Effects of Cooperative Ambidexterity Competency on Alliance Innovation Performance: A Resource-dependency Perspective

Abstract

Abstract:

With global competition becoming more intense, an increasing number of firms have conducted their innovation activities through strategic alliances. One stream of literature, from the ambidexterity view, has underscored the key role of paying equal attention to exploitative competency and exploratory competency, whereas another one, from resource dependency perspective has concentrated on the essential role of resource availability. Our analysis of 148 equity-based strategic alliances demonstrates that, resource availability (i.e., partner resource complementarity, government support, and competitive intensity) plays a moderating effect on the direct effect of ambidexterity competency on alliance innovation performance.

Key words: cooperative ambidexterity competency, resource dependency, innovation performance, strategic alliance

Sun Biao. The Effects of Cooperative Ambidexterity Competency on Alliance Innovation Performance: A Resource-dependency Perspective[J]. , 2017, 29(11): 98-105.

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