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Business as International Politics: Drawing Insights from Nation-State to Inter-Firm Alliances

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Oded Shenkar  and
Ilgaz Arikan
Oded Shenkar
Affiliation:
The Ohio State University
Ilgaz Arikan
Affiliation:
Georgia State University
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Abstract

This paper broadens the scope and depth of business alliance research by way of interdisciplinary enrichment. The paper draws on the political science literature on nation-state alliances to generate insights into the establishment, operations and performance of inter-firm alliances. Shared theory bases of game theory and transaction cost economics, as well as theories, variables and research findings indigenous to political science are posited as a platform from which propositions regarding inter-firm alliances are derived.

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strategic and political alliancesinterdisciplinary research

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Business and Politics , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 2009 , pp. 1 - 31
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Copyright © V.K. Aggarwal 2009 and published under exclusive license to Cambridge University Press 

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