Abstract
I argue that the linkage-formation propensity of firms is explained by simultaneously examining both inducement and opportunity factors. Drawing upon resource-based and social network theory literatures I identify three forms of accumulated capital—technical, commercial, and social—that can affect a firm’s inducements and opportunities to form linkages. Firms possessing these capital stocks enjoy advantages in linkages formation. However, firms lacking these accumulated resources can still form linkages if they generate a radical technological breakthrough. Thus, I identify paths to linkage formation for leading as well as peripheral firms. I test these arguments with longitudinal data on technical collaborative linkages in the global chemicals industry. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Linkage (software)Industrial organizationDuality (order theory)BusinessResource (disambiguation)Social capitalAffect (linguistics)Longitudinal dataCapital (architecture)EconomicsSociologyComputer science
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Gautam Ahuja
(2000).
The duality of collaboration: inducements and opportunities in the formation of interfirm linkages.
Strategic Management Journal
, 21
(3)
, 317-343.
https://doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(200003)21:3<317::aid-smj90>3.0.co;2-b
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- 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(200003)21:3<317::aid-smj90>3.0.co;2-b