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양손잡이 제휴(Ambidextrous Alliance)가 기업 성과에 미치는 영향

The Effects of Ambidextrous Alliance on Firm Performance

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기술경영경제학회 (The Korean Society For Technology Management & Economics)|2012.04|기술혁신연구 (JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION)|제20권 제1호|pp. 17-44|DOI http://dx.doi.org/

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균형Exploration활용전략적 제휴Strategic AllianceAmbidexterity탐색BalanceExploitation양손잡이
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전략적 제휴는 기업의 생존 및 지속적인 경쟁우위를 획득하기 위해서 매우 중요한 수단으로 인식되고 있다. 특히, 기술의 변화 속도가 매우 빠른 첨단 기술 산업에서는 다양한 파트너들과 전략적 제휴를 통해 외부 지식을 공유하고 이를 습득함으로써 기업 성과를향상시킬 수 있을 것이다. 또한 March(1991)가 주장한 2개 유형의 활동, 즉 탐색(exploration)과 활용(exploitation) 간의 딜레마를 해결하기 위해 둘 중 하나의 활동을 외부화하는 방법으로 전략적 제휴가 수행되기도 한다. 하지만 최근 기술경영 분야에서는 탐색과 활용을 동시에 수행할 수 있는 양손잡이 조직(ambidextrous organization)이 커다란 이슈가 되고 있으며, 기업 성과에도 긍정적인 영향을미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 기업의 내부뿐만 아니라 외부 활동 중의 하나인 전략적 제휴에서도 탐색과 활용 간의 균형이 중요하게 다루어질 것이다. 그러므로 본 연구에서는 탐색과활용을 동시에 수행하는 양손잡이 제휴(ambidextrous alliance)와 기업 성과의 관계에 대해살펴보고자 한다. 기존의 많은 연구들이 양손잡이 제휴에 대해 건수 중심으로 분석하였으나,본 연구는 전체적인 제휴 구성(alliance portfolio)과 개별적인 제휴 파트너(alliance partner)측면으로 접근하여 탐색과 활용 간의 균형 관계를 분석했다는 점에서 그 의의를 가질 것이다. 본 연구는 높은 불확실성과 치열한 경쟁으로 인해 외부 지식의 획득이 매우 중요한 미국의 바이오/제약 산업을 연구 대상으로 선택하였고, 1990년부터 2005년까지 자료를 수집하여패널 데이터 분석을 수행하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 실증적으로 양손잡이 제휴의 중요성을 제시하며, 실무적으로도 기업의 전략적인 의사결정에서 탐색과 활용 간의 균형을 강조한다.

Abstract

Alliance formation has been recognized as an important strategy for firms who seek to survive through acquisition of sustainable competitive advantages. Specifically in high-tech industries, firms may consider formation of strategic alliances in order to access valuable external knowledge. These firms tend to be situated in a dilemma that they should choose between exploration and exploitation, which are two types of strategic choices suggested by March (1991). Working out the dilemma has been extensively discussed in the area of strategy or organization learning. Recently, however, an increasing number of studies have stressed on a balance between exploration and exploitation. Regarded as ‘ambidextrous organizations’ (Lavie and Rosenkopf,2006), these firms that simultaneously pursue exploration and exploitation have emerged in high-tech industries, and many studies have provided evidence of positive association between organizational ambidexterity and firm performance. In the strategic alliance research, accordingly, scholars began to pay attention to the balanced choice between exploration-and exploitation-oriented alliances. Given these backgrounds, this study examines the relationship between alliance ambidexterity and firm performance. While previous research approached alliance ambidexterity mainly from the number of alliances,our study suggests ambidexterity in terms of alliance portfolio and alliance partner. Our dataset consists of biotechnology or pharmaceutical firms in the United States, which spans time period between 1990 and 2005. We conduct panel data analysis. The results show the strong link between alliance ambidexterity and firm performance, highlighting the balance between exploration and exploitation when firms make strategic decisions.

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