Asymmetric alliances management via information systems : issues and prospects

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART 1. Specificities of IS within Asymmetric Alliances -- Introduction to Part 1 -- 1. Strategic Alliances versus Asymmetric Alliances -- 1.1. Strategic alliances -- 1.1.1. Definition -- 1.1.2. Organizational forms -- 1.1.3. Objectives set by the partners -- 1.2. Asymmetric alliances -- 1.2.1. Definition -- 1.2.2. Criteria for organizational and strategic asymmetry -- 1.2.3. Criteria for managerial asymmetry: the governance model -- 1.2.4. Geographic and sociocultural asymmetry criteria -- 2. Management Specificities of North and South Asymmetric Alliances -- 2.1. Definition -- 2.2. Organizational form -- 2.3. Strategic objectives of partners -- 2.4. Nature of pooled resources -- 2.5. Managerial system and control mechanisms -- 3. Alliance Governance by IS -- 3.1. Information systems (IS) -- 3.1.1. Definition -- 3.1.2. Possible applications -- 3.2. Interorganizational information systems (IOIS) -- 3.2.1. Definition -- 3.2.2. Possible applications for IOIS -- 3.3. Analysis of the role of IS in the management of strategic alliances -- 3.3.1. Formal governance tool -- 3.3.2. Informal governance tool -- PART 2. The Role of IS in the Management of an Asymmetric Alliance: Four Case Studies -- Introduction to Part 2 -- 4. Case ALPHA -- 4.1. Characteristics of alliance ALPHA -- 4.1.1. Organizational form of the alliance -- 4.1.2. Ends sought by each party -- 4.1.3. Resources dedicated by both parties -- 4.1.4. Perimeter of activity of the alliance -- 4.1.5. Governance model for the alliance -- 4.2. The role of IS in the management of alliance ALPHA -- 5. Case DELTA -- 5.1. Characteristics of alliance DELTA -- 5.1.1. Organizational form of the alliance -- 5.1.2. Ends sought by each party -- 5.1.3. Resources committed by the partners.