This paper considers the relationship between subjective measures of international alliance performance and a set of variables, which may act as predictors of success before the alliance is formed (pre-alliance formation factors), and a set of variables which emerge during the operation of the alliance (post-alliance formation factors). The empirical study, based on a web-survey, investigates a...

vacuum of power was one of the most important consequences of ussr collapse. regional and trans-regional countries have been pulled to south caucasus to extend their influence on this region. turkey and israel thought alliance with azerbaijan constitute east-west pivot. this cooperation threatens common interests of russia and iran. reaction of tehran and moscow creates north-south axis thought...

Exploration and exploitation constitute two separate, potentially conflicting strategic choices for firms engaged in international strategic alliances. Our empirical study challenges the ambidexterity argument and demonstrates that exploration and exploitation are separate (though not necessarily antithetical) strategies with different antecedents and performance consequences. Our results show ...

This paper investigates the extent to which strategic objectives of the U.S. government influenced news coverage during the latter part of the Cold War (1976-88). We establish two reduced form relationships: 1) strategic objectives of the U.S. government causes the State Department to under-report human rights violations of political allies; and 2) these objectives reduce news coverage of human...

The AUKUS agreement is the first in history to allow a non-nuclear country have nuclear-powered submarines, but not nuclear weapons. It pushes Australia–UK–US alliance level of closer military, scientific, and industrial community outlines prototype for new “maritime alliance.” internal relationship this alliance, more it will estrange China. seeks create “de-Sinicized” defense industry chain h...

We analyze the global pharmaceutical industry network using a unique database that covers strategic transactions (i.e. alliance, financing and acquisition collaborations) for the top 90 global pharmaceutical firms and their ego-network partnerships totaling 4735 members during 1991-2012. The network evolution is traced via a novel method based on the concept of dynamicity that quantifies indivi...