Using a sample of 106 organizations engaged in strategic alliances, we develop and test a framework of alliance-related organizational decision-making processes and their impact on alliance performance. With regard to direct effects, our results show a negative impact of decision-making...

The premise underlying most of the research on strategic consensus is that a higher degree of consensus has a positive impact on organizational performance. Empirical studies, however, have produced inconsistent results for the strength and direction of this relationship, as well as for the role...

It is not simply a matter of producing and selling oranges in the banks of river Uruguay on a counter seasonal basis; it must also be profitable. It is common knowledge that the producer does not receive back the value paid by the end consumer and that each stage taxes with its share. The...

The paper deals with a successful technology transfer process aimed at developing the detail engineering required to set up an oil plant in Tierra del Fuego. Specifically, it analyzes the relationship between the parties involved throughout the cooperation process by which French technological...

Il n'est pas tout de produire et de vendre à contre-saison des oranges produites sur les rives du fleuve Uruguay. Il faut encore gagner de l'argent dans l'opération. Or le producteur, on le sait, ne récupère pas tout ce que paie le consommateur final. De nombreux intermédiaires se situent...

We apply the resource-based view of the firm to the study of family firms by investigating how a family specific resource (reciprocal altruism) and a firm specific resource (innovative capacity) contribute to family firm performance. We then examine how the impact of these resources is moderated...