文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Leveraging learning forces in asymmetric alliances: Small firms' perceived power imbalance in driving exploration and exploitation

作者：Hao, Bin[1];Feng, Yanan[2]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China;[2]Univ Nottingham, Business Sch, Jubilee Campus,Wollaton Rd, Nottingham NG8 1BB, England

年份：2018

卷号：78

起止页码：27

外文期刊名：TECHNOVATION

收录：;EI(收录号：20183105619086);WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000455066200004)，SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000455066200004)】；

基金：We thank the editor Jonathan Linton and anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments and suggestions for improvement of the manuscript. We are very grateful to Pankaj. C. Patel and Jin Chen for their insightful comments on a draft of this paper. This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 71372078 and No. 71102067.

语种：英文

外文关键词：Alliance; Asymmetric relationship; Exploitation; Exploration; Perceived power; Small firm

摘要：Prior studies on power and interfirm learning in alliances have devoted limited attention to multiplicate influences of diverse power sources on exploration and exploitation and whether such influences on these two strategies are similar or different. This study investigates the joint effects of two types of perceived power-capability-driven power and position-driven power-on exploration versus exploitation in asymmetric alliances. Using a sample of 205 high-technology firms in China, the analyses suggest that each of the two types of perceived power separately has no direct effects on either exploration or exploitation. However, they complement (multiplicative effects) each other in promoting exploitation and exploration. Interestingly, the balanced effect of perceived position-driven power and perceived capability-driven power is positively related to exploration, while no such an impact is found in terms of exploitation. This study provides alternative insights about inter organizational learning in asymmetric alliances and points out a direction for future research.