Prior research on corporate headquarters (CHQ) characteristics identifies the impact of CHQ location and composition on the innovation outcomes of internal subsidiaries. However, given that external strategic alliances with high-tech entrepreneurial firms represent a key source of innovation for...

Background: Trust and conflict represent the critical foundation characterising the inter-firm relationship of cooperation and competition, and their co-existence as coopetition within an alliance partnership. The literature has often regarded conflict and trust as uni-dimensional variables to...

Reputation-based trust, reflecting the time-dependency of trust, influences inter-firm alliances. A literature review resulted in hypotheses which were tested in an empirical study based on a quantitative analysis and in-depth interviews with firms in the bio tech sector of human health in the...

Because of conflicting incentives among participants, inter-firm (e.g., strategic alliances and joint ventures) and intra-firm (e.g., work teams) collaborations present a significant control challenge to managerial accountants. On the one hand, formal controls such as sanctioning and monitoring...

I empirically test the role of trust in strategic alliances by using survey data from 67 German small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Empirical findings indicate that high trust levels are a good predictor of alliance success. This result is encouraging, as it suggests that well-performing...

This study aimed to analyze the business marketing relationship between modern suppliers and SME retailers to empower and strengthen SMEs in Indonesia. The theoretical framework is the relationship marketing model developed by Morgan and Hunt (1994). This framework is based on trust and...