and complexity in business relations resulting in the emergence of strategic alliances, such as joint ventures, virtual … organizations, and loose contractual agreements among firms. In this contribution strategic alliances are defined as cooperative … add new competencies are the main forces behind this trend towards strategic alliances (Prahalad & Hamel, 1994). Several …

, whereas in cross-function alliances, partners have very different competencies. On examining managers' view of these alliances … competencies that partnering firms bring to the alliance. In same-function alliances, partnering firms have similar competencies …, we find that, on average, same-function alliances are expected to perform better than cross-function alliances, holding …

Theoretical Framework of Information Technology in Alliances and Mergers, describes the central themes of this dissertation … corporate alliances and mergers. This is followed by a theoretical essay, entitled Propositions on the Value of Flexible IT … Systems in Strategic Alliances, which focuses on the contexts in which IT flexibility has value in strategic alliances …

Organizations enter into strategic alliances for economic value that cannot be achieved by working alone. Despite the … potential benefits many alliances fail to meet their goals, destroy value, and end in termination. Success within alliances is … neither automatic nor assured. The ways that organizations arrange their alliances to contend with impediments to success is …