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- Title
Managing Ambiguity in Strategic Alliances.
- Authors
Kumar, Rajesh
- Abstract
Alliances have become a core component of many firms' strategy, but they are often characterized by a high level of instability that can lead to failure. Ambiguity is an intrinsic aspect of strategic alliances and effective management of it determines how well the partners are able to make the alliance work. Alliances are subject to three types of ambiguity—partner, interaction, and evaluative—that are important at different stages of alliance evolution. Partner-related ambiguity is most prevalent at the formation stage of the alliance, interaction ambiguity at the operational stage, and evaluative ambiguity at the outcome stage. This article examines the mechanisms by which firms can best manage these different types of ambiguity to achieve a successful alliance.
- Subjects
AMBIGUITY tolerance; STRATEGIC alliances (Business); BUSINESS planning; RENAULT SA; NISSAN Motor Co. Ltd.; COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; LIFE cycle costing
- Publication
California Management Review, 2014, Vol 56, Issue 4, p82
- ISSN
0008-1256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1525/cmr.2014.56.4.82