This study seeks to advance and test the knowledge-based theory of the firm as it applies to explaining the governance … characteristics of an alliance: technological similarity, technological relatedness, and technological diversity. With a sample of 111 … influences which type of alliance forms would be selected by allying firms. …

promote alliance formation in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Environmental uncertainty and knowledge intensity … impede firms' R&D alliance formation; the focal firm's overall trust in partners enhances alliance formation. Trust interacts … positively with environmental uncertainty and knowledge intensity to affect alliance formation in SMEs. The findings reflect data …

still not well known. The aim of this exploratory study was to identify the administrative and governance structures of …-hospital alliances. Administrative and governance practices were ascertained and correlated with reported outcomes. Descriptive analysis … alliances. Characteristics significantly linked to perceived positive alliance outcomes include: clearly defined targets and …

sustaining of value: context, actors, objectives, behaviors, resources, and governance mechanisms, internal and external … and on the manner resources and governance mechanisms are combined together. …