The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Size on Firm Performance Revisited: The Role of Firm- and Portfolio-Level Contingencies

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Florida Atlantic University
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2017
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2017
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Alliance portfolios, or a firm collection of simultaneous alliances, have become
common phenomena particularly in technology industries. These portfolios have been
found to have a significant impact on firms’ financial performance. At the same time,
there is little consensus regarding the direction of this effect. Findings have shown
positive, negative, curvilinear, and non-significant relationships. In this dissertation, I
employed an organizational learning perspective to investigate the effect of alliance
portfolio size on firm financial performance. Using a sample of 343 firm-year
observations in the U.S. software industry, I explored portfolio- and firm-level
characteristics as moderators of this relationship. Findings provide evidence for a
curvilinear, inverted U-shaped relationship between portfolio size and firm performance
that is moderated by the timing of the alliances within the portfolio and by the firms’ Top
Management Team (TMT) turnover.
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Includes bibliography.

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156 p.
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FA00004888
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Includes bibliography.
Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2017
Date Created Backup
2017
Date Text
2017
Date Created (EDTF)
2017
Date Issued (EDTF)
2017
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FA00004888
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Attributed name: College of Business
Attributed name: Department of Management
Person Preferred Name

Siqueira Barreto, Tais

author

Graduate College
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156 p.
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The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Size on Firm Performance Revisited: The Role of Firm- and Portfolio-Level Contingencies
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2017
2017
Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, Fla.

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The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Size on Firm Performance Revisited: The Role of Firm- and Portfolio-Level Contingencies
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The Effect of Alliance Portfolio Size on Firm Performance Revisited: The Role of Firm- and Portfolio-Level Contingencies