The Influence of Partner Diversity, Knowledge Distance and Partner Interdependence on Alliance Learning and Alliance Creativity

• Main Authors: Yu-TingChen, 陳昱廷
• Other Authors: Chia-Ling Liu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63785150047751858252

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 國際企業研究所 === 104 === In recent years, technology improves every day and the business environment becomes more dynamic. A lot of companies decide to ally with other companies to broaden their knowledge base and learning with their partners. “Alliance learning” is a popular topic in both academy researches and management practices. Many studies mentioned that allying with partners will facilitate learning process within the alliance. This study takes it one step further and aims to understand how strategic alliance will facilitate alliance learning and eventually make the company more creative. This research focuses on three variables: partner diversity, knowledge distance and partner interdependence and try to figure out their influences on alliance learning. This study also discusses that alliance resilient capacity will moderate the effect between alliance learning and alliance creativity. The samples are not restricted in any particular industries. This study targets on presidents, general managers, section chiefs, senior sales and senior engineers. Data was collected from March 2016 to April 2016. I finally received 168 valid questionnaires. This study uses SPSS 20.0 and AMOS 21.0 to analyze data with descriptive statistics, reliability and validity analysis, and structural model analysis for examining the proposed hypotheses. The results of study show: (1) Partner diversity and partner interdependence positively influence alliance learning. (2) Knowledge distance negatively influence alliance learning. (3)Alliance learning positively influence alliance creativity. (4) Alliance resilient capacity reveals the moderating effect in this study.