TY - BOOK AU - Reuer, Jeffrey J. TI - Strategic alliances: theory and evidence SN - 0199256551 (pbk.) U1 - 658.4012 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Strategic alliances (Business) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction. Strategic Alliance Research: Progress and Prospects, Jeffrey Reuer Part I: Overview of Research on Interfirm Collaboration 1. Why Should Firms Cooperate? The Strategy and Economics Basis for Cooperative Ventures, F. J. Contractor and P. Lorange 2. Joint Ventures: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives, B. Kogut 3. International Joint Ventures, A. Parkhe Part II: Economic Perspectives on Interfirm Collaboration 4. A Transaction Cost Theory of Equity Joint Ventures, J.-F. Hennart 5. Information Asymmetry, Adverse Selection, and Joint Ventures, S. Balakrishnan and M. P. Koza 6. The Choice Between Mergers/Acquisitions and Joint Ventures: The Case of Japanese Investors in the United States, J.-F. Hennart and S. Reddy 7. Asymmetric Information and Joint Venture Performance: Theory and Evidence for Domestic and International Joint Ventures, J. J. Reuer and M. P. Koza Part III: Real Options Perspectives on Interfirm Collaboration 8. Joint Ventures and the Option to Expand and Acquire, B. Kogut 9. Collaborative Ventures and Value of Learning: Integrating the Transaction Cost and Strategic Option Perspectives on Foreign Market Entry, T. Chi and D. J. McGuire 10. Downside Risk Implications of Multinationality and International Joint Ventures, J. J. Reuer and M. J. Leiblein Part IV: Learning Perspectives on Interfirm Collaboration 11. Competition for Competence and Interpartner Learning Within International Strategic Alliances, G. Hamel 12. The Dynamics of Learning Alliances: Competition, Cooperation, and Relative Scope, T. Khanna, R. Gulati, and N. Nohria 13. Working Abroad, Working with Others: How Firms Learn to Operate International Joint Ventures, H. G. Barkema, O. Shenkar, F. Vermeulen, and J. H. J. Bell Part V: Relational Perspectives on Interfirm Collaboration 14. The Relational View: Cooperative Strategy and Sources of Interorganizational Competitive Advantage, J. H. Dyer and H. Singh 15. Alliances and Networks, R. Gulati 16. Social Capital, Structural Holes, and the Formation of an Industry Network, G. Walker, B. Kogut, and W. Shan ER -