When firms use alliance relationships, important decisions they must make concern: (1) How the alliance should develop in order to accomplish the parent firms’ objectives; (2) How they can manage relational risks in the alliance relationship. In order to find an answer to these problems,...

L'asymétrie entre les partenaires représente une dimension pouvant affecter le management des relations d'alliance. L'asymétrie résulte souvent du différentiel de taille entre les organisations, cause de multiples disparités tant en termes de culture, de pouvoir ou de compétences. Peu...

Firms have a variety of possible mechanisms for preventing competitors to take advantage of their investment in knowledge capital. The availability and effectiveness of these mechanisms varies across firms. This paper aims at understanding the impact of trust on secrecy efficiency. The...