Contextualizing the relationship between self-commitment and performance: Environmental and behavioural uncertainty in (cross-border) alliances of SMEs
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in: Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Jahrgang 24, Nr. 3-4, 04.2012, S. 161-179.
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T1 - Contextualizing the relationship between self-commitment and performance
T2 - Environmental and behavioural uncertainty in (cross-border) alliances of SMEs
AU - Fink, Matthias
AU - Harms, Rainer
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Cooperation based on self-commitment of the partners is relevant for successful alliances in the context of uncertainty. However, the performance impact of self-commitment can be contingent on the type of uncertainty. Based on the distinction between environmental uncertainty and behavioural uncertainty, we analyse the contingent effect of cooperation based on self-commitment in national and international alliances with focal companies from both market economies and transition economies (n = 181). Our analysis reveals that cooperation based on self-commitment has a positive relationship with performance when the focal company is from a transition economy, irrespective of whether it is engaged in a national or an international alliance. We conclude that the performance effect of cooperation based on self-commitment is contingent upon the geographic origin of the focal company.
AB - Cooperation based on self-commitment of the partners is relevant for successful alliances in the context of uncertainty. However, the performance impact of self-commitment can be contingent on the type of uncertainty. Based on the distinction between environmental uncertainty and behavioural uncertainty, we analyse the contingent effect of cooperation based on self-commitment in national and international alliances with focal companies from both market economies and transition economies (n = 181). Our analysis reveals that cooperation based on self-commitment has a positive relationship with performance when the focal company is from a transition economy, irrespective of whether it is engaged in a national or an international alliance. We conclude that the performance effect of cooperation based on self-commitment is contingent upon the geographic origin of the focal company.
KW - Entrepreneurship
KW - Gründung
KW - Management studies
KW - alliance
KW - behavioural uncertainty
KW - environmental uncertainty
KW - international entrepreneurship
KW - Performance
KW - self-commitments
KW - alliance
KW - behavioural uncertainty
KW - environmental uncertainty
KW - international entrepreneurship
KW - performance
KW - self-commitment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860908256&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/08985626.2012.670911
DO - 10.1080/08985626.2012.670911
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 24
SP - 161
EP - 179
JO - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
JF - Entrepreneurship and Regional Development
SN - 0898-5626
IS - 3-4
ER -