Handbook of Management Scales/Alliance portfolio coordination

Alliance portfolio coordination (alpha = 0.91, AVE = 0.72) Description An alliance management capability measure was conceptualized and operationalized. It is reflected by five underlying routines: interorganizational coordination, alliance portfolio coordination, interorganizational learning, alliance proactiveness, and alliance transformation. Definition Alliance portfolio coordination pertains to the routines related to the integration of all of a business unit’s R&D alliances. Items We ensure an appropriate coordination among the activities of our different R&D alliances. We determine areas of synergy in our R&D alliance portfolio. We ensure that interdependencies between our R&D alliances are identified. We determine if there are overlaps between our different R&D alliances. Source Schilke/Goerzen (2010): Alliance Management Capability: An Investigation of the Construct and Its Measurement, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 1192–1219.