Date: 04/2009
Author(s): Ozcan, Pinar; Eisenhardt, K.M.
Document type: Article in Journal (refereed)
Portfolios of alliances are both ubiquitous and influential for firm performance. Extant research indicates the attributes of high-performing portfolios and offers a descriptive account ofwhich ties form and with whom. But it does not address how executives originate high-performing portfolios. We address this gap with an inductive case study of how ...
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Date: 20/01/2009
Author(s): Mitchell, Jordan; Ariño Martín, Africa; Ozcan, Pinar
Document type: Case
When it teamed up with Northwest Airlines of the US in 1989, KLM became Europe¿s first airline to begin a major cross-border airline alliance. What followed was a series of pan-continental alliances resulting in the formation of Star Alliance, oneworld and Skyteam. This case study highlights the main milestones in the development of KLM¿s major alliances ...
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Date: 04/12/2008
Author(s): Hohl, Brian; Mitchell, Jordan; Ariño Martín, Africa; Ozcan, Pinar
Document type: Case
This case looks at the automotive industry, Fiat and Tata's corporate background and provides an in-depth description of how these two sides came together including the entire pre-operational negotiation process. The case is set as of October 2007, immediately after the companies had finalized a joint venture for the manufacturing of passenger cars, ...
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Date: 31/01/2008
Author(s): Ozcan, Pinar
Editor(s): EBCenter: e-business Center PwC&IESE
Document type: Opinion
La compra de BEA por parte de Oracle y de MySQL por Sun acentúa el proceso de consolidación del mercado de soluciones empresariales. Esta tendencia proseguirá impulsada por la confluencia de dos factores: la creciente demanda de soluciones perfectamente integradas y la ralentización del crecimiento, que dificultan la viabilidad de los proveedores de ...
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Date: 10/2007
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Speaker(s): Ozcan, Pinar
Document type: Conference
This study explores the question of how alliance portfolios change over time. In the setting of the U.S. wireless gaming market, I collected real-time and longitudinal data on entrepreneurial game publishers over two and a half years. This process revealed that alliance portfolios of firms can grow or deteriorate rapidly through virtuous or vicious ...
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Date: 09/2007
Author(s): Ozcan, Pinar
Document type: Working Paper
This study explores the question of how alliance portfolios change over time. In the setting of the U.S. wireless gaming market, I collected real-time and longitudinal data on entrepreneurial game publishers over two and a half years. This process revealed that alliance portfolios of firms can grow or deteriorate rapidly through virtuous or vicious ...
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Date: 01/2007
Author(s): Ozcan, Pinar
Document type: Other Publication
Alliances can be critical for boosting a firm’s performance, by injecting new knowledge, lower costs and economies of scale into the balance sheet. In this article, the author discusses her research carried out on the alliance portfolios of six technology firms in the U.S. wireless gaming industry. Based on the study, she urges companies to approach ...
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