Strategic alliance and firm growth

• Main Authors: Tao-Tien, Hsiung, 熊道天
• Other Authors: Min-Ping, Kang
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/376hwu

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 全球經營與策略研究所 === 100 === Prior research has demonstrated that contractual organizational forms allowing firms to gain access to resources external to the firms can help them overcome internal managerial limitations to firm growth. Strategic alliance, as one of the most popular contractual organizational forms in recent years, allows firms to obtain complementary resources from their partners as well as to find new opportunities in network relationships. We argue that firms may overcome the limitations of firm growth and grow faster through strategic alliances. However, prior research has also demonstrated that not every alliance succeeds. Firms with capabilities to manage the alliances are more likely overcome the limitations of firm growth. Using a sample of 178 manufacturers in Taiwan, this study examines the effects of strategic alliance and the alliance and contracting capabilities on the growth of a firm.