Strategic Alliances in Information Technology and Developing Country Firms

Policy Perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID19450352
AuthorsNicholas Spyridon Vonortas (0000-0002-6745-4926, Centre for International Science and Technology Policy and Department of Economics, The George Washington University, 2201 G Street W., Washington,.D.C., 20052, US, corresponding author)
Year1998
Volume3
Issue1
Pages181-205
Publication date1998-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0971-7218 • E-ISSN: 0973-0796
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/097172189800300108
OpenAlexW2044945068
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited21

Inter-firm strategic alliances deserve a much more prominent place in the public debate on industrial restructuring and economic growth than they have enjoyed until now. Alliances provide a useful mechanism to assist the establishment of competitive indigenous IT industries and to mobilise the necessary financial resources and technological expertise needed to upgrade lagging infrastructure. Alliances, however, are only one of many potential policy instruments. In order to be successful in their role as facilitators of access to technology, capital and markets, alliances must be complemented by an appropriate domestic economic environment. Ultimately, this environment will affect the incentives of firms to upgrade to higher value-added activities and to seek out appropriate collaborators. Certain policy 'complications' that alliances introduce also deserve serious consideration

Business · Economic system · Economics · Incentive · Industrial organization · Lagging · Market economy · Restructuring · Upgrade · Innovation and Knowledge Management · International Business and FDI · Finance

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