Successful adaptation in strategic alliances "calls for a delicate balance between the twin virtues of reliability and flexibility" [Parkhe 1998]. On one hand, the joint venture must be flexible enough to respond to the uncertainties of competitive business environments because it is not...

Successful adaptation in strategic alliances "calls for a delicate balance between the twin virtues of reliability and flexibility" [Parkhe 1998]. On one hand, the joint venture must be flexible enough to respond to the uncertainties of competitive business environments because it is not...

Although the study of appropriability has received substantial attention in strategy literature, little is known about how trade secrecy as appropriation mechanism affects firm R&D productivity, let alone under what conditions the effect of trade secrecy on firm R&D productivity is more or less...