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. / Includes bibliography. / Dissertation (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2017. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fau.edu/oai:fau.digital.flvc.org:fau_38055 |
| Contributors | Siqueira Barreto, Tais (author), Lenartowicz, Tomasz (Thesis advisor), Florida Atlantic University (Degree grantor), College of Business, Department of Management |
| Publisher | Florida Atlantic University |
| Source Sets | Florida Atlantic University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation, Text |
| Format | 156 p., application/pdf |
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