V.A. Gilsing and C.E.A.V. Lemmens (The Netherlands)
Local search, exploration, exploitation, evolution of alliance networks, technological learning strategies, innovative performance
The focus of this paper is on how a firm's alliance network affects its possibilities to move beyond local search. Recent literature focuses on the importance of creating access to distant and heterogeneous sources of knowledge as a motivation to move beyond local search. In doing so, they abstract from how such access can be created and more specifically they ignore the role of a firm's alliance network in this process. This paper addresses these issues by studying the role of a firm's alliance network when moving beyond local search. We unravel this process by analysing how network positions and possibilities to create non-redundant ties enable firms to accomplish this move. We empirically test our hypotheses with longitudinal data on strategic alliance networks in the global semiconductor industry.
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