Dynamics of Interorganizational Learning in Learning Alliances

The Author: Florian Kapmeier was born in Bückeburg (Germany) in 1973. After studying Technically Oriented Business Administration at the Universität Stuttgart (Germany) he worked as a Ph.D. Student and Assistant Lecturer for the Chair of General Business Administration, Corporate Planning and Strategic Management at this university. As a visiting scholar with the System Dynamics Group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge (USA) he worked with System Dynamics specialists on alliance dynamics. He holds a Dr. rer. pol. from the Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences at the Universität Stuttgart.

• Contents: Interorganizational Cooperations and Alliances – Organizational Economics, Strategy-Based Approaches, Network Approach, Behavioral Game Theory – Factors Influencing the Long-Term Development of Interorganizational Learning in Interorganizational Learning Alliances – Learning with the Partner, Learning from the Partner – Absorptive Capacity, Organizational Openness, Trust – Private and Common Learning, Private and Common Benefits – Computer Simulation – System Dynamics Modeling – Business Case Study – Model Behavior and Policy Analysis – Tipping Point Analysis – Findings and Insights and Managerial Implications from Model Behavior for Interorganizational Learning Alliances.