RT Journal Article
T1 A contingency view of alliance management capabilities for innovation in the biotech industry
A1 Cabello-Medina, Carmen
A1 Carmona-Lavado, Antonio
A1 Cuevas Rodríguez, Gloria
K1 Alliance management capabilities
K1 Innovation
K1 Coordination
K1 Learning
K1 Partner diversity
K1 Geographic diversity
AB In this research, we analyze the influence of two alliance management capabilities, coordination and interorganizational learning, on the performance of alliances for innovation. By adopting a contingency view, we explore whether the effectiveness of these capabilities depends on certain features of the alliance portfolio configuration (partner and geographic diversity). Based on a sample of Spanish companies belonging to the five leading biotech clusters, our results demonstrate that alliance management capabilities are not equally effective across different contexts. Alliance coordination capabilities become more effective when partner diversity is low and geographic diversity is high. By contrast, interorganizational learning capabilities have a positive effect on alliance portfolio performance when partner diversity is high and geographic diversity is low. These results also have useful implications for managers involved in alliances for innovation, who can direct  he organizational efforts towards the most effective alliance capabilities, depending on the features of their alliance portfolio.
PB SAGE
YR 2020
FD 2020-01-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/19620
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/19620
LA en
NO Cabello-Medina, C., Carmona-Lavado, A., & Cuevas-Rodriguez, G. (2020). A contingency view of alliance management capabilities for innovation in the biotech industry. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/2340944420901050
NO Ministerio de Ciencia y Competitividad (Project ECO2016-78882-R).
NO Departamento de Organización de Empresas y Marketing
DS RIO
RD May 22, 2026