Reference health

The Value for Innovation of Inter-Firm Networks and Forming Alliances: A Meta-Analytic Model of Indirect Effects

https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2502230
CiteStamped reference-health badge
7 of 185 checkable references need attention · checked 2026-08-27

At the dated check, the references listed below either did not resolve in Crossref or DataCite, or carried a retraction notice. Each one is shown with the registry record that put it there.

12 without a DOI — not checked. A reference deposited without a DOI is never matched by title or guessed at; it stays outside the checked set, and this line discloses that.

References needing attention

does not resolve to a known work10.1037//0022-3514.51.6.1173
does not resolve to a known work10.5465/256406
does not resolve to a known work10.5465/amr.1998.1255632
does not resolve to a known work10.1016/s0149-2063(02)00161-7
does not resolve to a known work10.1016/s0149-2063(96)90041-0
does not resolve to a known work10.5465/amr.1998.533225
does not resolve to a known work10.5465/amr.1986.4283976
The 178 checked references that resolve
resolves10.1002/smj.792
Reputations for toughness in patent enforcement: implications for knowledge spillovers via inventor mobility
resolves10.1002/smj.765
Modes of cooperative R&D commercialization by start‐ups
resolves10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(200003)21:3<317::aid-smj90>3.0.co;2-b
The duality of collaboration: inducements and opportunities in the formation of interfirm linkages
resolves10.2307/2667105
Collaboration Networks, Structural Holes, and Innovation: A Longitudinal Study
resolves10.1002/smj.774
Structural homophily or social asymmetry? The formation of alliances by poorly embedded firms
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2007.09.001
Network embeddedness and new-venture internationalization: Analyzing international linkages in the German biotech industry
resolves10.1002/smj.388
Subsidiaries and knowledge creation: the influence of the MNC and host country on innovation
resolves10.5172/impp.2012.14.1.107
How does innovativeness yield superior firm performance? The role of marketing effectiveness
resolves10.1002/smj.538
SME–supplier alliance activity in manufacturing: contingent benefits and perceptions
resolves10.1002/smj.387
R&amp;D, organization structure, and the development of corporate technological knowledge
resolves10.1002/smj.4250160922
The effect of introducing important incremental innovations on market share and business survival
resolves10.1177/014920639101700108
Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage
resolves10.1016/0883-9026(95)00011-9
New venture teams' assessment of learning assistance from venture capital firms
resolves10.1287/orsc.1030.0044
Entrepreneurs’ Access to Private Equity in China: The Role of Social Capital
resolves10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(200003)21:3<267::aid-smj89>3.0.co;2-8
Don't go it alone: alliance network composition and startups' performance in Canadian biotechnology
resolves10.1016/j.technovation.2005.06.016
Lessons from innovation empirical studies in the manufacturing sector: A systematic review of the literature from 1993–2003
resolves10.1177/01632780122034876
Examining Theoretical Models through Research Synthesis
resolves10.1111/1468-0297.00022
Patents, Real Options and Firm Performance
resolves10.1002/9780470743386
Introduction to Meta‐Analysis
resolves10.2307/2392937
Being in the Right Place: A Structural Analysis of Individual Influence in an Organization
resolves10.4159/9780674029095
Structural Holes
resolves10.1177/0170840604040039
A Meta-analysis of Innovation and Organizational Size
resolves10.1108/02651330910950394
Capabilities and propensity for cooperative internationalization
resolves10.1002/smj.621
Network structure and innovation: The leveraging of a dual network as a distinctive relational capability
resolves10.1287/orsc.1050.0145
Preadaptation, Firm Heterogeneity, and Technological Performance: A Study on the Evolution of Fiber Optics, 1970–1995
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2006.02.006
Survivor: The role of innovation in firms’ survival
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00612.x
Top Management Teams, Strategy and Financial Performance: A Meta‐Analytic Examination
resolves10.1287/orsc.1080.0377
Third-World Copycats to Emerging Multinationals: Institutional Changes and Organizational Transformation in the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry
resolves10.1002/smj.461
Relationship between innovativeness, quality, growth, profitability, and market value
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2011.01.004
Ownership and firm innovation in a transition economy: Evidence from China
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2010.06.004
Market information approaches, product innovativeness, and firm performance: An empirical study in the fashion industry
resolves10.1086/228943
Social Capital in the Creation of Human Capital
resolves10.1002/smj.353
Alliance form: a test of the contractual and competence perspectives
resolves10.1287/orsc.1100.0555
More Than Adopters: Competing Influences in the Interlocking Directorate
resolves10.5465/amr.2008.0052
Knowledge Portfolios and The Organization of Innovation Networks
resolves10.1002/smj.703
Strategic resources and performance: a meta‐analysis
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00814.x
Combinative Effects of Innovation Types and Organizational Performance: A Longitudinal Study of Service Organizations
resolves10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199910)20:10<953::aid-smj59>3.0.co;2-3
The impact of stocks and flows of organizational knowledge on firm performance: an empirical investigation of the biotechnology industry
resolves10.1016/j.technovation.2004.07.021
Collaboration and innovation: a review of the effects of mergers, acquisitions and alliances on innovation
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2008.06.002
The effect of technological knowledge assets on performance: The innovative choice in Spanish firms
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.02.003
Opportunism in the R&amp;D alliances of SMES: The roles of the institutional environment and SME size
resolves10.1002/smj.707
Do science and money go together? The case of the French biotech industry
resolves10.1002/smj.488
When do firms undertake R&amp;D by investing in new ventures?
resolves10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(200003)21:3<345::aid-smj96>3.0.co;2-n
Creating and managing a high-performance knowledge-sharing network: the Toyota case
resolves10.1002/smj.443
Niche and performance: the moderating role of network embeddedness
resolves10.1111/j.1540-5885.2010.00752.x
Technology Alliance Portfolios and Financial Performance: Value‐Enhancing and Cost‐Increasing Effects of Open Innovation <sup>*</sup>
resolves10.1177/0149206304272346
External Sources of Knowledge, Governance Mode, and R&amp;D Performance
resolves10.1002/smj.562
The licensing dilemma: understanding the determinants of the rate of technology licensing
resolves10.1093/icc/dtr045
R&amp;D partnership portfolios and the inflow of technological knowledge
resolves10.1037/a0013932
The mediating effects of job satisfaction and propensity to leave on role stress-job performance relationships: Combining meta-analysis and structural equation modeling.
resolves10.1287/orsc.1080.0414
Intraorganizational Networks, Interorganizational Networks, and the Impact of Central Inventors: A Longitudinal Study of Pharmaceutical Firms
resolves10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.10.001
One more only if it is one of us. The number of partners and the stock market reaction to domestic and international alliance formation in EU telecom firms
resolves10.1016/s1047-8310(01)00037-2
The effects of alliance portfolio characteristics and absorptive capacity on performance
resolves10.1016/s0883-9026(01)00069-6
The effects of business–university alliances on innovative output and financial performance: a study of publicly traded biotechnology companies
resolves10.5465/amj.2006.21794670
Make, Buy, or Ally: A Transaction Cost Theory Meta-Analysis
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2007.04.003
Clusters, knowledge spillovers and new venture performance: An empirical examination
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2008.08.010
Network embeddedness and the exploration of novel technologies: Technological distance, betweenness centrality and density
resolves10.1002/smj.588
Alliance networks and firm performance: The impact of repeated partnerships
resolves10.1002/smj.447
The effect of alliance network diversity on multinational enterprise performance
resolves10.3386/w3301
Patent Statistics as Economic Indicators: A Survey
resolves10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199905)20:5<397::aid-smj35>3.0.co;2-k
Network location and learning: the influence of network resources and firm capabilities on alliance formation
resolves10.1287/orsc.14.2.244.15160
Getting Off to a Good Start: The Effects of Upper Echelon Affiliations on Underwriter Prestige
resolves10.1177/0170840602234002
Learning in Dynamic Inter-Firm Networks: The Efficacy of Multiple Contacts
resolves10.1177/0149206311424943
Meta-Analytic Review of Employee Turnover as a Predictor of Firm Performance
resolves10.1111/1467-6486.00226
Market Orientation and Performance: Objective and Subjective Empirical Evidence from UK Companies
resolves10.1002/9780470386347
Statistical Meta‐Analysis with Applications
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00639.x
Alliance Capability as a Mediator Between Experience and Alliance Performance: An Empirical Investigation into the Alliance Capability Development Process*
resolves10.1287/orsc.1030.0045
The Institutional Effects on Strategic Alliance Partner Selection in Transition Economies: China vs. Russia
resolves10.1287/orsc.1070.0341
Alliance Portfolio Internationalization and Firm Performance
resolves10.5465/amj.2006.22083085
Balancing Exploration and Exploitation in Alliance Formation
resolves10.2307/256996
GENERATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE: EFFECTS OF INNOVATION AND LOCAL RIVALRY ON PERFORMANCE.
resolves10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.02.018
Strategic alliances influence on small and medium firm performance
resolves10.1111/j.1540-5915.2010.00266.x
Managing Multiple Facets of Risk in New Product Alliances*
resolves10.1016/j.ijresmar.2008.03.002
Understanding the antecedents of collateral learning in new product alliances
resolves10.1002/smj.181
Internal capabilities, external networks, and performance: a study on technology‐based ventures
resolves10.1002/smj.715
Control of intellectual assets in client relationships: implications for innovation
resolves10.1002/smj.807
Innovation objectives, knowledge sources, and the benefits of breadth
resolves10.1016/s0149-2063_03_00031-x
Employment Flexibility and Firm Performance: Examining the Interaction Effects of Employment Mode, Environmental Dynamism, and Technological Intensity
resolves10.1002/smj.233
The adoption of agency business activity, product innovation, and performance in Chinese technology ventures
resolves10.1109/TEM.2005.861813
Patent portfolio diversity, technology strategy, and firm value
resolves10.1002/smj.777
How do networks and learning drive M&amp;As? An institutional comparison between China and the United States
resolves10.1002/smj.773
Alliance partners and firm performance: resource complementarity and status association
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2010.10.008
The bumpy road of technology partnerships: Understanding causes and consequences of partnership mal-functioning
resolves10.1177/1059601103259113
The Influence of Structural and Process Factors on Partnership Satisfaction in Interfirm Cooperation
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00842.x
Do Birds of a Feather Flock Higher? The Effects of Partner Similarity on Innovation in Strategic Alliances in Knowledge‐Intensive Industries
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2009.06.001
Intellectual capital or signal? The effects of scientists on alliance formation in knowledge-intensive industries
resolves10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.09.008
How do interorganizational and interpersonal networks affect a firm's strategic adaptive capability in a transition economy?
resolves10.1002/smj.829
Complementary technologies, knowledge relatedness, and invention outcomes in high technology mergers and acquisitions
resolves10.1002/smj.560
CEO incentives, innovation, and performance in technology‐intensive firms: a reconciliation of outcome and behavior‐based incentive schemes
resolves10.1016/j.jm.2003.09.005
Patents as Surrogates for Inimitable and Non-Substitutable Resources
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2005.05.007
Innovation speed: Transferring university technology to market
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2007.11.001
The impact of early imprinting on the evolution of new venture networks
resolves10.1002/smj.411
Firms' technological resources and the performance effects of diversification: a longitudinal study
resolves10.1002/smj.533
Technological diversity, related diversification, and firm performance
resolves10.2307/256654
THE RESOURCE-BASED VIEW OF THE FIRM IN TWO ENVIRONMENTS: THE HOLLYWOOD FILM STUDIOS FROM 1936 TO 1965.
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00839.x
Demographic Diversity in the Boardroom: Mediators of the Board Diversity–Firm Performance Relationship
resolves10.5465/amj.2009.44634482
A Matching Theory of Alliance Formation and Organizational Success: Complementarity and Compatibility
resolves10.1287/orsc.1090.0516
Getting a Bonus: Social Networks, Performance, and Reward Among Commercial Bankers
resolves10.1002/smj.4250150205
Characteristics of partnership success: Partnership attributes, communication behavior, and conflict resolution techniques
resolves10.1002/smj.766
Too much love in the neighborhood can hurt: how an excess of intensity and trust in relationships may produce negative effects on firms
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2011.02.002
Alliance portfolios and shareholder value in post-IPO firms: The moderating roles of portfolio structure and firm-level uncertainty
resolves10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.01.018
Does power sharing matter? The role of power and influence in alliance performance
resolves10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.02.004
Determining international strategic alliance performance: A multidimensional approach
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00840.x
Learning and Innovation in International Strategic Alliances: An Empirical Test of the Role of Trust and Tacitness
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2007.04.003
Optimal cognitive distance and absorptive capacity
resolves10.1016/S1047-8310(02)00050-0
Protecting knowledge in strategic alliances
resolves10.1002/smj.308
The capital structure implications of pursuing a strategy of innovation
resolves10.1002/smj.664
Uncertainty and the market valuation of R&amp;D within a real options logic
resolves10.1002/smj.391
The scope and governance of international R&amp;D alliances
resolves10.1080/13602380802630757
Acquisition of managerial knowledge from foreign parents: evidence from Korean joint ventures
resolves10.1002/smj.167
Guanxi and organizational dynamics: organizational networking in Chinese firms
resolves10.1016/s0883-9026(03)00026-0
The role of networking alliances in information acquisition and its implications for new product performance
resolves10.1002/smj.4250130104
The diffusion of technological innovation in the commercial banking industry
resolves10.5465/amj.2010.52814627
A Longitudinal Study of the Influence of Alliance Network Structure and Composition on Firm Exploratory Innovation
resolves10.1177/0149206311432640
Knowledge, Networks, and Knowledge Networks
resolves10.1002/smj.522
Breakthrough innovations in the U.S. biotechnology industry: the effects of technological space and geographic origin
resolves10.2307/2393988
Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology
resolves10.1002/smj.344
Profitability of small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises in high‐tech industries: the case of the biotechnology industry
resolves10.1177/0011000006286991
Guidelines for Meta-Analyses of Counseling Psychology Research
resolves10.1002/1097-0266(200101)22:1<27::aid-smj110>3.0.co;2-z
From hybrids to hierarchies: shareholder wealth effects of joint venture partner buyouts
resolves10.1016/s0048-7333(01)00175-5
Innovation and export performance: evidence from the UK and German manufacturing plants
resolves10.1002/smj.180
Incumbent's advantage through exploiting complementary assets via interfirm cooperation
resolves10.1016/s0048-7333(00)00142-6
Complementary assets, strategic alliances, and the incumbent’s advantage: an empirical study of industry and firm effects in the biopharmaceutical industry
resolves10.1002/smj.634
Old technology meets new technology: complementarities, similarities, and alliance formation
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.02.006
Alliance type, alliance experience and alliance management capability in high-technology ventures
resolves10.1002/smj.272
Formation of R&amp;D consortia: industry and company effects
resolves10.1002/smj.483
Experience effects and collaborative returns in R&amp;D alliances
resolves10.5465/amj.2007.24634443
R&amp;D Alliances and Firm Performance: The Impact of Technological Diversity and Alliance Organization on Innovation
resolves10.1287/orsc.1080.0390
Process Capabilities and Value Generation in Alliance Portfolios
resolves10.1002/smj.179
Alliance entrepreneurship and firm market performance
resolves10.1509/jmkg.73.5.52
Marketing Alliances, Firm Networks, and Firm Value Creation
resolves10.1016/j.im.2006.10.007
A meta-analysis of the technology acceptance model: Investigating subjective norm and moderation effects
resolves10.1080/09537320600624162
Learning in strategic technology alliances
resolves10.1111/j.1756-2171.2010.00117.x
The dynamics of the transfer and renewal of patents
resolves10.1037/1082-989x.1.1.47
Meta-analysis and the exploration of causal mediating processes: A primer of examples, methods, and issues.
resolves10.1002/smj.4250150505
Interfirm cooperation and startup innovation in the biotechnology industry
resolves10.1177/0149206304271376
Success and Survival of Skill-Based Pay Plans
resolves10.1002/smj.843
Assessing the effects of mergers and acquisitions on firm performance, plant productivity, and workers: newl evidence from matched employer‐employee data
resolves10.1016/s1090-9516(99)80080-7
Performance of international joint ventures from developing and developed countries: An empirical study in a developing country context
resolves10.1007/s11747-010-0229-y
Global innovation generation and financial performance in business-to-business relationships: the case of cross-border alliances in the pharmaceutical industry
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2009.06.004
When does community participation enhance the performance of open source software companies?
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00909.x
Industry Event Participation and Network Brokerage among Entrepreneurial Ventures
resolves10.1002/1097-0266(200008)21:8<791::aid-smj121>3.0.co;2-k
Interorganizational alliances and the performance of firms: a study of growth and innovation rates in a high-technology industry
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2007.02.016
Vertical alliance networks: The case of university–biotechnology–pharmaceutical alliance chains
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2010.04.001
How top management team diversity affects innovativeness and performance via the strategic choice to focus on innovation fields
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.06.001
Knowledge, innovation and firm performance in high- and low-technology regimes
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2010.02.010
Co-operative ties and innovation: Some new evidence for UK manufacturing
resolves10.1287/orsc.1100.0551
Real Options and Investment Mode: Evidence from Corporate Venture Capital and Acquisition
resolves10.2307/3069443
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER IN INTRAORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS: EFFECTS OF NETWORK POSITION AND ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ON BUSINESS UNIT INNOVATION AND PERFORMANCE.
resolves10.2307/257085
SOCIAL CAPITAL AND VALUE CREATION: THE ROLE OF INTRAFIRM NETWORKS.
resolves10.1016/S1090-9516(99)00016-4
A preliminary typology of learning in international strategic alliances
resolves10.1002/smj.241
Knowledge spillover in corporate financing networks: embeddedness and the firm's debt performance
resolves10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00853.x
Technology In‐Sourcing and the Creation of Pioneering Technologies
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00801.x
The Role of Alliance Network Redundancy in the Creation of Core and Non‐core Technologies
resolves10.1177/014920638701300109
Measurement of Business Economic Performance: An Examination of Method Convergence
resolves10.1590/s1807-76922010000100004
Antecedents and Consequences of market orientation: a brazilian meta-analysis and an international mega-analysis
resolves10.1002/smj.493
The choice among acquisitions, alliances, and divestitures
resolves10.1002/smj.785
Leveraging ties: the contingent value of entrepreneurial teams' external advice networks on Indian software venture performance
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2005.02.005
The impact of network capabilities and entrepreneurial orientation on university spin-off performance
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00749.x
Disentangling Alliance Management Processes: Decision Making, Politicality, and Alliance Performance
resolves10.1002/smj.973
Network resource stocks and flows: how do alliance portfolios affect the value of new alliance formations?
resolves10.1002/smj.4250050207
A resource‐based view of the firm
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00882.x
Quality Meets Structure: Generalized Reciprocity and Firm‐Level Advantage in Strategic Networks
resolves10.1016/j.respol.2010.10.006
Exploration versus exploitation in alliance portfolio: Performance implications of organizational, strategic, and environmental fit
resolves10.1002/smj.521
Compensation strategy: does business strategy influence compensation in high‐technology firms?
resolves10.1002/smj.815
A multilevel framework of firm boundaries: firm characteristics, dyadic differences, and network attributes
resolves10.1007/s10490-009-9188-6
Behind M&amp;As in China and the United States: Networks, learning, and institutions
resolves10.2307/256589
NETWORK CENTRALITY, POWER, AND INNOVATION INVOLVEMENT: DETERMINANTS OF TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ROLES.
resolves10.1002/smj.482
Benefiting from network position: firm capabilities, structural holes, and performance
resolves10.1287/orsc.1100.0528
Prior Alliances with Targets and Acquisition Performance in Knowledge-Intensive Industries
resolves10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00894.x
Harvesting Family Firms' Organizational Social Capital: A Relational Perspective
resolves10.1002/smj.4250140605
Business strategy, technology policy and firm performance
resolves10.1177/014920630002600509
Entrepreneurship in Medium-Size Companies: Exploring the Effects of Ownership and Governance Systems
resolves10.1509/jimk.18.4.74
Managing Knowledge for Innovation: The Role of Cooperation, Competition, and Alliance Nationality
resolves10.1002/smj.806
Innovation search of new ventures in a technology cluster: the role of ties with service intermediaries
resolves10.1016/j.jbusvent.2009.02.001
The dynamic impact of innovative capability and inter-firm network on firm valuation: A longitudinal study of biotechnology start-ups
resolves10.1002/smj.830
Technological capability, strategic flexibility, and product innovation
The 12 references without a DOI — listed, not checked
no DOI — not checkedref1
no DOI — not checkedR&D and the patent premium
no DOI — not checkedEquity versus non-equity international strategic alliances
no DOI — not checkedIdentifying interesting variables and analysis opportunities
no DOI — not checkedref91
no DOI — not checkedref98
no DOI — not checkedref127
no DOI — not checkedref128
no DOI — not checkedBenefiting from alliance portfolio diversity: The role of past internal knowledge creation strategy
no DOI — not checkedExcluded case study Relational capability (Capaldo, 2007) *Excluded propositions but not tested hypotheses Cumulative number of alliances (Sampson, 2005) Repeated alliances with partners in same network/different networks (Goerzen, 2007) Exploitation learning tendency (in contrast to exploration
no DOI — not checkedref196
no DOI — not checkedref197
What this badge says. CiteStamped means the CHECKABLE references of this work were clean at the dated check: each resolved to a known work in a public registry, and none carried a retraction notice at that time. It says nothing about the quality, findings, or importance of the work itself, and nothing about references deposited without a DOI.

checked 2026-08-27 — re-checked daily as this page is visited; titles and statuses come from Crossref and DataCite and are not part of the signed record

Embed this badge

Both snippets point at the live badge image and link back to this page. The badge re-renders from the daily check, so an embed never goes stale by more than a day of visits.

<a href="https://citestamp.com/citestamped/10.2139/ssrn.2502230"><img src="https://citestamp.com/citestamped/10.2139/ssrn.2502230/badge.svg" alt="CiteStamped reference-health badge" width="460" height="64"></a>
[![CiteStamped reference-health badge](https://citestamp.com/citestamped/10.2139/ssrn.2502230/badge.svg)](https://citestamp.com/citestamped/10.2139/ssrn.2502230)