Scholars have underscored the merits of a dedicated alliance function that promotes standardization, formalization, and centralization of alliance management practices, but some recent research finds no support for the claim that a dedicated alliance function creates value. We contribute to this...

This paper presents a model of capability reconfiguration, which integrates the Schumpeterian perspective on technological discontinuities with the dynamic capabilities literature in order to explain the responses of incumbents to technological change. It identifies substitution, evolution and...

Laying the foundation for competition network theory, this study underscores the differences between competitive and cooperative relations and explains how the network of competitive relations in which a firm is situated can affect its performance. The study extends strategic management research...