Learning Ambidexterity and Alliance Success: The Mediating Role of Alliance Management Practice Transfer

Abstract

Abstract: Alliance management practices (AMP) are a set of measures, procedures, and techniques used to manage alliances. Based on organizational learning theory, this study explores the impact of partner firms’ learning ambidexterity on their alliancesuccess by introducing the mediating role of AMP transfer. Analyzing the data of 205 partner firms, the study finds that both the balanced and combined dimensions of learning ambidexterity are positively related with alliance success and AMP transfer mediates the relationships. The study advances alliance research by extending learning ambidexterity to the alliance context and demonstrating the critical intermediate role of AMP transfer in transmitting organizational learning into superior alliance performance outcomes.

Key words: learning ambidexterity, AMP transfer, alliance success, mediation effect

Jiang Xu, Yang Wei. Learning Ambidexterity and Alliance Success: The Mediating Role of Alliance Management Practice Transfer[J]. Management Review, 2021, 33(6): 213-223.

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