Research Of Corporation Technology Alliance

With the development of technology and economy globalization, more and more corporations realize that it will be very difficult to exist and develop in the market environment with so intense competition. In the twenty century eighty era, west corporations particularly the multinational corporations begin to adjust their strategies and transform the relationship from antagonism to collaboration, one of most important type is to establish corporation strategic alliances in technology.In this article, we give the concept of technology alliance, analysis the development, reason, motive of technology alliance, and we also analysis the cost, risk and utility of technology alliance. At the last part of article, it gives a instance of technology alliance, though this instance, we want to give a conduct advice for corporations when they established strategic alliance. This article has five parts:The first part: The concept and the development of technology alliance. In this part, it gives the concept of technology alliance, and expound the background and development of technology alliance.The second part: The inherent reason and external direct motive of corporation technology alliance. In this part, there are three theory can be used to explain the inherent reason of so many corporations establish technology alliance, the first is transaction cost theory, the second is corporation resource and ability theory, and the third is value chain theory. There are also other external direct motives in technology alliance, such as for the goal of technology research, for the goal of enter a peculiar market, for the goal of acquire core technology capability of other corporation and so on.The third part: The models of technology alliance research. Because of the different demarcate criterion, the types of technology alliance are different. In this part, referencing the criterion in strategic alliance classification of NRC ( National Research Council ), it classified 13 types of technology alliance in different phase of technology innovation, and also analysis the advantages and shortcomings of every type of technology alliance.The forth part: The cost, risk and utility research of technology alliance. This part is one of important part in this article. First, it expounds the constitute of cost, risk and utility, second, it establish the valuation indexes system of technology alliance in cost, risk and utility. Finally, it establish a model of benefit distribute basis on the cost and risk.The five part: The selection of strategic alliance in technology in my country. This part also is one of important part in this article. In this part, it gives a instance of technology alliance, though this instance, we want to give a conduct advice for corporations when they established strategic alliance.