Comparing the impact of alliance-learning activities on alliance performance across small and large firms

Chia-Ling (Eunice) Liu and Steven Lui

Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 2020, vol. 18, issue 2, 188-198

Abstract: Firms in the high-technology industry often form alliances to access or share knowledge with their alliance partners. This paper hypothesises that small and large firms differ in their learning needs; it also develops hypotheses that examine how three different types of alliance-learning activities increasee alliance performance within small and large firms. To test the hypotheses, survey data were collected from a sample of 173 strategic alliances formed by Taiwanese high-technology firms. Structural Equation Modelling was then performed to analyse the survey data. Among the three types of alliance-learning activities, seeking knowledge about a partner and coordinating with a partner were positively related to alliance performance. Moreover, the firm size moderated such relationships: specifically, while coordinating with a partner led to the highest alliance performance for small firms, seeking knowledge about a partner led to the highest alliance performance for large firms.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2019.1673674

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