Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:31:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Leila Rocha Pellegrino.pdf: 927284 bytes, checksum: f9fbc9c94a817e05c4d56c9063fdff32 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-17 / This study aims to explore the relationship between the constructs Relational Capacity, Diversity and Performance Alliances Portfolio, considering the unit busisness level in the Brazilian Pharmaceutical Industry. The diversity of the portfolio of contractual strategic alliances is controversial subject in the literature. The main theoretical contribution of this work is the finding that the diversity of the portfolio does not impact directly on the performance of the portfolio of contractual strategic alliances. Thus, only in the presence of the portfolio management capacity, the benefits of setting up a diversified portfolio may be perceived by the organization. Another contribution of this work was to propose a multidimensional scale of diversity.The universe considered were the companies operating in the Brazilian pharmaceutical industry. The sample was composed by companies operating in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Ceará, Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro. The level of analysis were the portfolios of contractual strategic alliances formed by companies in the sector. From the sample, latent variables of first and second order are defined and measurable indicators. Data were collected through structured interviews conducted with managers or persons directly linked to the process of management of organization's strategic aliances portfolio. To test the measurement model proceeded to the analysis of structural equation modeling resolved by Partial Least Square Method. / Este estudo tem como principal objetivo explorar a relação entre os construtos Capacidade Relacional, Diversidade e Desempenho da Carteira de Alianças, considerando-se o nível de unidade de negócios na Indústria Farmacêutica Brasileira. A diversidade da carteira de alianças estratégicas contratuais é objeto controverso na literatura. A principal contribuição teórica deste trabalho está na constatação de que a diversidade da carteira não impacta diretamente sobre o desempenho da carteira de alianças estratégicas contratuais. Assim, somente na presença da capacidade relacional de gestão da carteira, os benefícios da constituição de uma carteira diversificada poderão ser percebidos pela organização. Outra contribuição do trabalho, de natureza metodológica, foi a proposição de uma escala multidimensional de diversidade. O universo considerado foram as empresas atuantes no setor farmacêutico brasileiro. A amostra foi composta por empresas atuantes em São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Ceará, Pernambuco e Rio de Janeiro. O nível de análise foram as carteiras de alianças estratégicas contratuais constituídas pelas empresas do setor. Os dados foram coletados por meio de entrevistas estruturadas realizadas com gestores ou pessoas diretamente ligadas ao processo de gestão da carteira de alianças estratégicas contratuais da organização. Para testar o modelo de mensuração procedeu-se à análise da modelagem de equações estruturais resolvido pelo método Partial Least Square.

This dissertation focused on an increasingly prevalent phenomenon in today’s global business environment—strategic alliance portfolio. Building on resource-based view, resource dependency theory and real options theory, this dissertation adopted a multi-dimensional perspective to examine the performance implications, strategic antecedents of alliance portfolio configuration, and its strategic effects on firms’ decision-making on their continuing foreign expansion. The dissertation consisted of three interrelated essays, each of which dealt with a specific research question. In the first essay I applied a two-dimensional construct that embraces both alliance relations’ and alliance partners’ attributes to illustrate alliance portfolio configuration. Based on this framework, a longitudinal study was conducted attempting to explore the performance properties of alliance portfolio configuration. The results revealed that alliance diversity and partner diversity have different relative contributions to firms’ economic performance. The relationship between alliance portfolio configuration and firm performance was shaped by degree of multinationality in a curvilinear pattern. The second essay attempted to identify the firm level driving forces of alliance portfolio configuration and how these forces interacting with firms’ internationalization influence firms’ strategic choices on alliance portfolio configuration. The empirical results indicated that past alliance experience, slack resource and firms’ brand images are three critical determinants shaping alliance portfolios, but those shaping relationships are conditioned by firms’ multinationality. The third essay primarily employed real options theory to build a conceptual framework, revealing how country-, alliance portfolio-, firm-, and industry level factors and their interactions influence firms’ strategic decision-making on post-entry continuing expansion in foreign markets. The two empirical studies were resided in global hospitality and travel industries and use panel data to test the relevant theoretical models. Overall, the dissertation advanced and enriched the theoretical domain of alliance portfolio. It particularly shed valuable insights on three fundamental questions in the domain of alliance portfolio research, namely “if and how alliance portfolios contribute to firms’ economic performance”; “what determines the appearance of alliance portfolios; and “how alliance portfolios affect firms’ strategic decision-making”. This dissertation also extended the international business and strategic management research on service multinationals’ foreign expansion and performance.