TITLE:
A Temporal Perspective on Learning Alliance Formation
AUTHORS:
Ming Piao
KEYWORDS:
Time; Learning Alliance Formation
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.4 No.1,
January
13,
2014
ABSTRACT:
When to enter the first learning
alliance has strategic implications for firms’ long term success. However, research
on timing of the first learning alliance is rare. As one of the few empirical
studies on this issue, this paper aims to fill the gap by asking what the
implications are when firms launch their first learning alliance at different
points of time. Empirical results support the central proposition that if firms
enter the first learning alliance too early or too late, they tend to rush into
a second learning alliance in a short period of time. In the long run, they
will lose the ability to innovate. Overall, this study has fundamental
implications for organizational learning in particular and theory building in
general.