Study On Transaction Costs, Alliance Capability Of Strategic Alliances On Efficiency Boundary Effect

The Boundary of economic organization has always been brought into focus by academic interests and business interests. As an intermediate organization on the confines of firms and market, the frontier problem of strategic alliances must be paid close attention when business interests have activities. As the boundary problem of strategic alliances come down to a common choice by two and above firms, the efficiency frontier of strategic alliances is much more complicated and difficult to measure compared to bureaucracy boundary. Most of now available literatures study boundary of firm from vertical relationship with a single method, and partly because the analyze of classic trade cost, market failure could make precise, considerable judgment for enterprises business. So previous researches have not come down to transverse alliance, and undefined theindex of efficiency frontier.This article takes the previous research of vertical strategic alliance efficiency frontier as a basis, such as: review intermediate organization efficiency frontier in concert with trade cost and enterprise ability, use discussion of alliance range by foreign scholars as a reference, consult the research result of intermediate organization efficiency frontier, use alliance range and contract complexity to describe the breadth and depth of efficiency frontier, focus on the competitive strategic alliance efficiency frontier influence, submit conceptual model and form research hypothesis.In order to prove six related hypothesis and conceptual models, we took the enterprises which joined the alliance in Shenzhen, concentrated issued and collect a total issuance volume of 179 copies which are effective questionnaires. These questionnaires proved a sufficient data basis for succedent empirical research. For the 179 effective questionnaires copies from the enterprises, we use software SPSS 16.0 to analyze large and small samples to guarantee index system reliable and effective, and then use software AMOS7.0 to checkout Structural equation model. The result shows the hypothesis to managerial hierarchy of efficiency frontier is right which put forward by asset specificity, uncertainty and alliance capability. The empirical research indicate that asset specificity, uncertainty have positive effects on contractual complexity (the depth of alliance), have negative effects on alliance range (the breadth of alliance); and alliance capability have positive effects on alliance range (the breadth of alliance), have negative effects on contractual complexity (the depth of alliance). The contribution of this article is utilizing alliance range and contractual complexity to indicate efficiency frontier breadth and depth, also utilizing research and methodology to research whether trade cost and alliance capability have influence on efficiency frontier in competitive strategic alliance. So, the conclusion shows, when the enterprise participates in Strategic Alliances, it should find a relatively close cooperation model if invests big amount of specialized assets or has a highly uncertain environment; and it should find a relatively loose cooperation model if it has a strong alliance capability.