Hi Herman: We wrote a couple of papers on this topic, examining sub-unit bargaining power (Mudambi and Navarra, JIBS 2004). We found that bargaining power in modern organizational environments is fundamentally rooted in knowledge and intangibles and the firms that control these are able to appropriate the lion's share of value created (Mudambi, Jrl Econ Geog, 2008). I attach a couple of papers here, FYI.

Article Is Knowledge Power? Knowledge Flows, Subsidiary Power and Re...

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Article Location, Control and Innovation in Knowledge-Intensive Industries

Hi Ram,

Thanks, I take a look at it.

Best regards,

Herman

I have done some research on it in 2011 in cotext of psychological contract in high-tech organization. The lavel of analysis is the relation between employee and organization. Unfortunately, both publications are in Polish language.

Currently I am developing PhD project with my student.

Are any of you aware of any research that discuss the formation of strategic alliances for the explicit purposes of creating ecosystems - constellations to gain a competitive advantage in an industry?

I am particularly interested in the intersection of strategic partnerships and their resulting market power that such relationships can generate within an industry.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

This article may be useful:

Hausken, K. (1997), “Game-theoretic and Behavioral Negotiation Theory,” Group Decision and Negotiation 6, 6, 509-527.

Article Game-theoretic and Behavioral Negotiation Theory