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This paper develops a conceptual model, based on a structural equation approach, for
empirically investigating the role played by relational embeddedness in the process of creation of
synergies of knowledge related capabilities in international strategic alliances. The theoretical
model identifies an underlying latent construct; knowledge embeddedness and its antecedents:
complementarity, compatibility, tacitness, trust, protectiveness, coordination, and cultural
distance, which needs to be explicitly recognized and integrated in the theory of creation of
synergies in international strategic alliances. While the individual importance of most of these
variables has long been recognized in both strategic alliance and social exchange literature, their
simultaneous effects have thus far been ignored. Embeddedness is hypothesized to be a full
mediator of these effects on creation of synergies. Furthermore, alliance longevity, absorptive
capacity, network capacity, and collaborative know-how are proposed to moderate these effects. |
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