Strategic Alliances as Social Capital : A Multi Dimensional View  

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Koka, Balaji R. ; Prescott, John E.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Strategic Management Journal vol. 23 no. 9 (2002), page 795-816.
Topik: social capital; strategic alliances; social capital; interfirm; networks

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS30.10 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Defining social capital in terms of the information benefits available to a firm due to its strategic alliances we present a theory of social capital that conceptualizes it as a multidimensional construct. We draw from the literature to argue that social capital yields three distinctly different kinds of information benefits in the form of information volume, information diversity and information richness. This extends current theoretical and empirical research by specifying and empirically demonstrating three interrelated yet distinct dimensions of social capital. Firms vary in their levels of social capital not just on their structural position in an alliance network but also in the dynamics that underlie alliance formation and maintenance. More importantly, the diferent dimensions of social capital theoretically provide differential benefits. We establish the construct validity of our proposed three - simensional conceptualization of social capital using longitudinal data on the population of strategic alliances formed during the period 1980 - 94 by firms in the global steel industry. In addition, we establish predictive validity by demonstrating that the information dimensions have differential effects on firm performance, using firm nationality as a contingency.

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