ABSTRACT
In this chapter and in Chapter 5, I report the results from a two-stage empirical study of appropriability hazards in international strategic alliances. Specifically, I address the following research questions: When two or more firms decide to form a strategic alliance for the development and/or exploitation of technology, how is the particular mode of cooperation chosen? How do appropriability hazards affect this choice? What attributes of the project (transaction), the partner firms and the national setting determine the level of appropriability hazards?
