Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation

This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of the formation of strategic alliances among companies. Specifically, it seeks to understand the relationship between alliance competence (Lambe, Speakman & Hunt, 2002) and alliance orientation (Kandemir, Yaprak & Cavusgil, 2006), followin...

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Main Authors: Gonzalo R. Llanos-Herrera, Nelson A. Andrade-Valbuena
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Language:English
Published: Cátedra UNESCO en Gestión de Información en las Organizaciones (La Habana) 2017-11-01
Series:GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología
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Online Access:https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/gecontec/article/view/2790/pdf
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description This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of the formation of strategic alliances among companies. Specifically, it seeks to understand the relationship between alliance competence (Lambe, Speakman & Hunt, 2002) and alliance orientation (Kandemir, Yaprak & Cavusgil, 2006), following some of the most important guidelines of the leading exponents of theories based on resources and dynamic capabilities. Once the concepts were developed we proceeded to establish a hypothesis that seeks to better understand the relationships between the constructs and how they interact to achieve alliances that are beneficial for the parties involved. In particular, the findings corroborate the proposed relationships, supporting a direct link between market orientation constructs and senior management commitment to the alliances, as well as the commitment of senior management and competencies for alliances. As a fundamental contribution to this work, a mediating role of the alliance orientation construct was also detected between the relationship of senior management commitment and alliance competence. Future research is proposed into the elements of the practical guidelines for alliances and the relationship of this construct with the others related to alliances and particularly to their performance.
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spelling doaj.art-2a3d35297c7343f8a250422ef3b46f2c2023-02-02T06:41:46ZengCátedra UNESCO en Gestión de Información en las Organizaciones (La Habana)GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología2255-56842255-56842017-11-01527792Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance OrientationGonzalo R. Llanos-HerreraNelson A. Andrade-ValbuenaThis paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of the formation of strategic alliances among companies. Specifically, it seeks to understand the relationship between alliance competence (Lambe, Speakman & Hunt, 2002) and alliance orientation (Kandemir, Yaprak & Cavusgil, 2006), following some of the most important guidelines of the leading exponents of theories based on resources and dynamic capabilities. Once the concepts were developed we proceeded to establish a hypothesis that seeks to better understand the relationships between the constructs and how they interact to achieve alliances that are beneficial for the parties involved. In particular, the findings corroborate the proposed relationships, supporting a direct link between market orientation constructs and senior management commitment to the alliances, as well as the commitment of senior management and competencies for alliances. As a fundamental contribution to this work, a mediating role of the alliance orientation construct was also detected between the relationship of senior management commitment and alliance competence. Future research is proposed into the elements of the practical guidelines for alliances and the relationship of this construct with the others related to alliances and particularly to their performance.https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/gecontec/article/view/2790/pdfAlliancesStrategic AlliancesAlliance OrientationAlliance CompetenceMarket OrientationSenior Management Commitment
spellingShingle Gonzalo R. Llanos-Herrera
Nelson A. Andrade-Valbuena
Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation
GECONTEC: Revista Internacional de Gestión del Conocimiento y la Tecnología
Alliances
Strategic Alliances
Alliance Orientation
Alliance Competence
Market Orientation
Senior Management Commitment
title Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation
title_full Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation
title_fullStr Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation
title_full_unstemmed Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation
title_short Review and Support of the Relationship between Alliance Competence and Alliance Orientation
title_sort review and support of the relationship between alliance competence and alliance orientation
topic Alliances
Strategic Alliances
Alliance Orientation
Alliance Competence
Market Orientation
Senior Management Commitment
url https://www.upo.es/revistas/index.php/gecontec/article/view/2790/pdf
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