The Analyses Of Firm Strategic Alliance Based On The Theory Of Transaction Cost And Beyond

Since 1990's, strategic alliance has become important organization form in a rapid race. As the competitive environment become more complex and uncertain than before, enterprises turn to establishing all kinds of strategic alliances in succession, the purpose is to obtain the resources effectively and improve the core competence ability, strategic alliance has become one of the most familiar organization form applying for the market competition. Using the traditional theory of transaction cost could interpret the formation and operation mechanism of strategic alliance in a certain extent, but there are some problems that can not be resolved. Traditional theory simply analyze the influence to organization by transaction cost, treating the transaction benefit assigned and unaffected by the economic process; ignore the important role of transaction benefit to development of the organization form. The theory of'transaction cost economics and beyond'synthetically analyze the transaction cost and benefit in the dynamic institution, providing us the new theory base for the research of strategic alliance.Based on the traditional theory of transaction cost economics, the dissertation will research its contributions and shortcomings, and further research the necessity of bringing the factor of transaction rent into the analysis of the strategic alliance. By review the research situation of strategic alliance, especially for the application of transaction cost, the further study route was identified. After analyzing the characteristics and effecting factors of transaction rent, the dissertation will research the formation mechanism and governance mode. Transaction rent has essentially influence on the formation and operation of alliance, it will be determined by the improvement of the transaction benefit and the decrease of the transaction cost. On this background, this dissertation will have great positive meanings to strategic alliance and its member enterprises. They will put dynamic governance on this form according to the alliance rent creation, allocation and acquisition. They can better adapt to dynamic and complicated reality economy circumstance. They can better face the increasingly vigorous global and regional competition. This dissertation emphasizes the decisive role of alliance rent in the building and operation process of strategic alliance. It will benefit to make its member enterprise think highly of the benefit factors in the management, and pay more attention to organization learning and the building up of core competence ability.