Handbook on International Alliance and Network Research

Edited by the late Jorma Larimo, formerly Professor of International Business, School of Marketing and Communication, University of Vaasa, Niina Nummela, Professor, University of Turku and Tuija Mainela, Professor, University of Oulu, Finland

• Contents: Introduction: Filling Gaps in Research on Interfirm Collaboration - Focus on Alliances and NetworksJorma Larimo, Niina Nummela and Tuija MainelaPART ISTATE-OF-THE-ART IN ALLIANCE AND NETWORK RESEARCH 1. Diaspora Networks in International Business: A Review on an Emerging Stream of ResearchMaria Elo2. National Culture and International Alliances: A Review of Recent LiteratureCristina López-Duarte and Marta M. Vidal-Suárez3. Hybrid Ways of Organizing Opportunities in International EntrepreneurshipTuija Mainela, Vesa Puhakka and Per Servais4. Transaction Cost Perspectives on Alliances and Joint Ventures: Explanatory Power and Empirical LimitationsKlaus E. Meyer and Yi WangPART IICONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALLIANCE AND NETWORK RESEARCH5. International Growth in Born Globals – Continued Growth through Networking on Institutionally Distant MarketsSvante Andersson and Gabriel Baffour Awuah6. Internal MNC Structures’ Bearing on Externally Embedded Subsidiaries’ Organizational PerformanceUlf Andersson, Peter Ekman and Cecilia Erixon7. Business Networks, Firm Strategy, Opportunity Development and Strategic Outcomes: A Conceptualization of the Initial Phase of Firm InternationalizationMikael Hilmersson, Martin Johanson, Heléne Lundberg, Stylianos Papaioannou and Aron Thyr8. Knowledge Transfer and Organizational Learning Processes in International Strategic Alliances: The Determinants, Consequences, and ModeratorsMia Hsiao-Wen Ho and Pervez N. Ghauri9. The Potential of Network Pictures for International Alliance and Network Research Valtteri Kaartemo, Hannu Makkonen and Rami Olkkonen10. Dynamic Contracting Scenarios in International Strategic Alliances: Inter-temporal Culturally Sensitive Incentive SchemesUrsula F. Ott11. Overlapping of Networks during the Transformation of the Russian EconomyAsta Salmi and Lars-Gunnar MattssonPART IIIEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCES AND NETWORKS12. Inside Born Globals’ International Network: A Microscopic Study of the Irish Digital Animation SectorAdele Smith, Paul A. Ryan and Natasha Evers13. Greenfield Joint Ventures vs. Partial Acquisitions: Determinants of Collaborative Entry Strategies of Finnish Multinational EnterprisesAhmad Arslan and Jorma Larimo14. Sustaining a Business: From Partnership to AcquisitionSvetla Trifonova Marinova and Marin Marinov15. Institutional Signatures or Firm-specific Imprints? Joint Venture Profiles and the Performance Panorama in Five Emerging Market GroupsHemant Merchant16. Network Brokers as a Resource for Ensuring Acquisition IntegrationNicola Mirc and Philippe Very17. Individual Acting in Customer-focused Internal NetworksElina Pernu18. The Development of Network Competence in an Internationalized SMELasse Torkkeli, Sami Saarenketo and Niina NummelaIndex

'Along with their impressive set of contributors, Larimo, Nummela and Mainela address the major issues that have led to the fragmented nature and inconsistency in research results in the literatures of alliances and networks. This book fills many of the structural holes in these two research domains and identifies the most fruitful areas for future scholarly work.'