Stabilities of Alliances in a Flexibility and Rigidity Perspective
基于结构灵活性与刚性视角的企业联盟稳定性研究

Strategic alliance has become a popular cooperation method but it has suffered much instabilities since its first implementation.Strategic alliances are sites in which conflicting forces and tensions grow.One of the salient tensions named flexibility and rigidity has intrinsic impacts on the stabilities of strategic alliances.They compete for dominance,leading to the overthrow of the status quo while one force gathers enough power to dominate over its competing force.In this paper,we examine this theoretical hypothesis employing data from our surveys.Our research reveals that the relative balance between flexibility and rigidity is significant in constructing a sustainable alliance.Based on this,we conclude with how to find a moderate path to balance in terms of choosing proper governance and constructing trust between partners.