Unraveling the mechanisms of reputation and alliance formation: : A study of venture capital syndication in China

• Autores: Qian Gu, Xiaohui Lu
• Localización: Strategic management journal, ISSN 0143-2095, Vol. 35, Nº 5, 2014, págs. 739-750
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Extant research shows that resources are significant to a firm's choice of alliance formation. We focus on an important form of intangible resource�firm reputation�and examine how it affects a firm's propensity to form alliances. We propose an inverted U-shaped relationship between a firm's reputation and its likelihood of alliance formation, resulting from the opposing mechanisms of opportunity and need. We also examine how this relationship may vary across two contingencies: (1) foreign and domestic firms; and (2) different levels of institutional development. Empirical analyses of China's venture capital (VC) industry provide support for our hypotheses.