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Safeguarding from the sharks : board representation in minority equity partnerships

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Devarakonda, S. and Reuer, J. J. (2019) Safeguarding from the sharks : board representation in minority equity partnerships. Organization Science, 30 (5). pp. 981-999. doi:10.1287/orsc.2018.1263 ISSN 1047-7039.

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Abstract

We study minority equity partnerships and the representation of investing firms on the boards of directors of their partners. In such alliances, an investor firm owns a minority position in the investee partner and may or may not secure a board seat. Prior alliance governance research has largely focused on the choice between equity and nonequity forms of alliances, and it has paid little attention to the particular administrative features of these organizational forms, notably their governing boards. We extend corporate governance research that has emphasized the monitoring and advisory roles of boards by examining how an investee's concerns about knowledge misappropriation can reduce the likelihood that an investor obtains board representation. We suggest that, although there exist opportunities for an investee to benefit from the investor’s advice, the investor's ability to use an investee's knowledge by itself and indirectly with the help of its other partners negatively affects the likelihood of a board seat for the investor. We further argue that this negative effect is amplified when the investee has particularly valuable technologies at risk of appropriation by the investor. Our evidence from minority equity partnerships in the biopharmaceutical industry indicates why and when investors do not obtain board seats, despite the monitoring and advisory benefits that directors can bring to cooperative commercialization agreements.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Social responsibility of business, Interorganizational relations, Partnership, Equity , Industrial organization (Economic theory)
Journal or Publication Title: Organization Science
Publisher: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (I N F O R M S)
ISSN: 1047-7039
Official Date: 7 May 2019
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DateEvent
7 May 2019Available
31 July 2018Accepted
Volume: 30
Number: 5
Page Range: pp. 981-999
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2018.1263
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 3 August 2018
Date of first compliant Open Access: 12 June 2019
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