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    Cooperating with technologically (dis)similar alliance partners: the influence of the technology life cycle and the impact on innovative and market performance
    (Taylor & Francis, 2015) Stolwijk, C. C. M.; den Hartigh, Erik; Vanhaverbeke, W. P. M.; Ortt, J. R.; Beers, C. van; Entrepreneurship; HARTIGH, Erık Den
    In this paper, we investigate the cooperative relationships of innovating firms with (dis)similar partners during the technology life cycle. We test the impact of such cooperative relationships on the innovative and market performance of these firms. To do so, we use a sample of 83 Application Specific Integrated Circuit firms over the period 1986–2005. We find that working with partners that are technologically similar improves innovative and market performance early on in the technology life cycle. Working with partners that are technologically dissimilar improves innovative and market performance later on in the technology life cycle. These results indicate that innovating firms have to change their partnership from technologically similar towards technologically dissimilar over the technology life cycle.
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    The joint evolution of alliance networks and technology: a survey of the empirical literature
    (Elsevier, 2013-09) Stolwijk, C. C. M.; Ortt, J. R.; den Hartigh, Erik; Entrepreneurship; HARTIGH, Erık Den
    In this paper, we provide an overview and assessment of existing empirical literature on the joint evolution of alliance networks and technology. We selected 38 empirical studies that investigate this joint evolution and summarize their results based on the variables they address, representing the composition and structure of the alliance networks and the technology development. We find that most of the results regarding network variables and their effect on technology development are either missing, inconsistent or difficult to compare because of different industry contexts. In most studies, the measurement of technology development – the technology life cycle – is either neglected or not carried out systematically. The more complex structural network variables, such as tie strength, structural holes or structural equivalence, receive little attention. We conclude that the body of knowledge of the joint evolution of alliance network and technology is growing, but not in a systematic way. We identify a clear need for further systematic research into the co-evolutionary aspects of the relationship between alliance networks and technology.