The general assumption is that multipartner alliances are increasingly favored by firms as means of creating larger pools of shared resources and capabilities. Yet, extant literature has hardly moved beyond anecdotal evidence to systematically address the mechanisms driving their configuration and performance. This study is a step toward clarifying important unknowns about multipartner alliances by proposing and testing a model of multipartner alliance performance that involves two key mediating mechanisms, i.e., alliance scale and scope, that may explain how higher performance is achieved in these increasingly popular forms of organizing interorganizational efforts. The empirical context of the study is the motion picture industry where multipartner alliances have become exceedingly popular in recent decades. Empirical results partially support our proposed theory by demonstrating that alliance scale but not alliance scope mediates the relationship between the number of partners and alliance performance. Our results hold important implications for the growing literature on multipartner alliances.

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数量优势：多伙伴联盟的规模、范围和绩效


一般的假设是，多伙伴联盟越来越受到企业的青睐，作为创建更大的共享资源和能力池的手段。然而，现有文献几乎没有超越轶事证据来系统地解决驱动其配置和性能的机制。本研究通过提出和测试多伙伴联盟绩效模型，向澄清有关多伙伴联盟的重要未知数迈出了一步，该模型涉及两个关键的中介机制，即联盟规模和范围，这可以解释如何在这些日益流行的联盟形式中实现更高的绩效。组织组织间的努力。这项研究的实证背景是电影行业，近几十年来，多合作伙伴联盟变得非常流行。实证结果部分支持了我们提出的理论，证明联盟规模而非联盟范围调节了合作伙伴数量与联盟绩效之间的关系。我们的研究结果对不断增长的多伙伴联盟文献具有重要意义。