Review and Prospect of Alliance Portfolio: Interaction, Dynamics and Influence Effects of Alliance Portfolio

Abstract

Abstract:

Establishing multiple alliances with multiple partners at same time has increasingly become an important strategic means for companies to acquire key resources from outside and participate in market competition, and has driven the research of strategic alliances from single alliance to alliance portfolio. Although some useful exploration has been made in the formation, structure and management of the alliance portfolio, the core issues of it, namely, the interaction of the multiple alliance within the portfolio, and the resulting dynamic effects and influence effects, have failed to make a thorough explanation and have not been able to establish a consistent theoretical framework. This paper reviews the literature published in the international top journals on alliance portfolio research in recent years, summarizes the related research from three aspects of interaction effect, dynamic effect and influence effect, and points out the gaps and future direction in each aspect, in order to provide guidance and reference for follow-up research.

Key words: Alliance portfolio, interaction effect, dynamic evolution, influence effect

Han Wei, Deng Yu. Review and Prospect of Alliance Portfolio: Interaction, Dynamics and Influence Effects of Alliance Portfolio[J]. , 2018, 30(10): 169-183.

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