Explicit and tacit synergies between alliance firms and radical innovation: the moderating roles of interfirm technological diversity and environmental technological dynamism

This study draws on theories of organizational inertia and relational view to examine how the pursuit of partnership synergy influences radical innovation in different technological contexts. We differentiate between two types of synergy: explicit synergy, defined as the potential to exchange interfirm operational elements to renew processes or capabilities, and tacit synergy, conceptualized as the potential to synthesize cross‐boundary...