The Effects of Teacher Firms: Characteristics and Student Firms: Absorptive Capacity on Firm Performance in Technology Alliances

Gunno Park and Jina Kang ()
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Jina Kang: Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program(TEMEP), Seoul National University

No 200909, TEMEP Discussion Papers from Seoul National University; Technology Management, Economics, and Policy Program (TEMEP)

Abstract: With the dramatically changing technology and market environments, the importance of technology alliance to develop new products and technologies by utilizing firms¡¯ external knowledge has increased. In order to provide insight on the relationship between teacher characteristics and technology alliance performances, this study conceptualized an alliance structure according to Lane and Lubatkin¡¯s ¡®dyadic construct,¡¯ consisting of student firms which absorb knowledge and teacher firms that transfer knowledge. Then we analyzed the relationship between teacher firms¡¯ relative characteristics and student firms¡¯ performance of the technology alliance, using the empirical data of the Korean IT firms that are listed on Korean stock market during 1999-2005. From this analysis, we find that teacher characteristics, such as technology capability, technology similarity, and capability for knowledge transfer, influence the performance of technology alliance.

Keywords: Technology alliance; teacher firms¡¯characteristics; absorptive capacity; knowledge transfer; Korean IT firm (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2009-08, Revised 2009-08
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