Knowledge Transfers in Alliances: Exploring the Facilitating Role of Information Technology

T. Ravichandran () and Simona Ileana Giura ()
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T. Ravichandran: Lally School of Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York 12180
Simona Ileana Giura: State University of New York, Oneonta, New York 13820

Information Systems Research, 2019, vol. 30, issue 3, 726-744

Abstract: Strategic alliances have become popular organizational forms in the last two decades. Prior research suggests alliances promote knowledge sharing between the partners. In this research, using patent data, we study the impact of information technology (IT) intensity on knowledge flows in alliances. Research has shown that prealliance knowledge stocks of the partners facilitate knowledge flows to the focal firm. We find that knowledge flows to the focal firm are enhanced when the focal firm and its partner have high IT intensity. We find support for our theorizing that IT is a necessary complementary resource that facilitates knowledge flows among partners in alliances.

Keywords: knowledge flows; alliances; learning; IT investments; IT value; patents; innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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