Strategic Alliances as Means to Increase Competitiveness

• Autorzy: Łukasz Jarocki

Warianty tytułu

Strategiczne alianse jako metody podniesienia konkurencyjności

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

During the last three decades, it was possible to observe a significant growth of creation of strategic alliances between companies. Firms have been inclined to cooperate in order to survive or maintain their growth. Such kind of partnership directly or indirectly influenced the increase of competitiveness of the companies involved in such form of cooperation. However, during the last few years, this tendency has decreased. Therefore, few questions arise, namely: does the creation of alliances still have positive impact on competitiveness? How high is the risk to cooperate in such form. Does a strategic alliance have impact on creation of socalled Schumpeter's radical technology change? This article aims to answer above mentioned questions and investigate the concept of strategic alliance and its influence on competitiveness. (original abstract)

W ciągu ostatnich trzech dekad można było zaobserwować znaczący wzrost zawierania strategicznych aliansów pomiędzy firmami. Był to swojego rodzaju trend, aby zawiązywać współpracę w celu przetrwania lub utrzymania dotychczasowego rozwoju firm. Takie partnerstwa często wpływały pośrednio lub bezpośrednio na podniesienie konkurencyjności firm związanych taką formą współpracy, jak i całej gałęzi przemysłu. Jednak w ciągu ostatnich kilku lat tendencja działania w grupie zaczęła słabnąć. W ten sposób nasuwa się pytanie, czy zawieranie aliansów w dalszym ciągu wpływa na podniesienie konkurencyjności partnerów, jak i rynku? Jakie jest ryzyko niepowodzenia działalności firm w formie strategicznych aliansów oraz jak je można ograniczyć? Czy współpraca firm w zakresie strategicznych aliansów może wpłynąć na wprowadzenie tzw. radykalnej zmiany technologicznej według koncepcji Schumpeter'a? Artykuł ten ma na celu udzielenia odpowiedzi na powyższe pytania oraz przybliżenie koncepcji strategicznych aliansów oraz ich wpływu na konkurencyjność. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Strategic alliances; Competitiveness; Technological change; Innovations

PL

Alianse strategiczne; Konkurencyjność; Zmiany technologiczne; Innowacje

• Czasopismo: Zarządzanie i Finanse
• Rocznik: 2012
• Numer: R. 10, nr 1, cz. 3
• Strony: 233--242

Twórcy

autor

Łukasz Jarocki

• Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

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