ISO Seminar Series. "Alliance Design"
Published: 6 January 2026
16 February 2026. ISO Seminar Series with Professor Jeffrey Reuer, Perdue University
Professor Jeffrey Reuer, Perdue University.
Alliance Design
Monday, 16 February 2026. 14:00-17:00, Room 281, The Adam Smith Business School Building.
Abstract
This presentation will cover recent developments in the collaborative strategy literature. Focus will be given to some of the key dimensions of alliance governance and design. An empirical paper will also be presented that examines contracting dynamics for startup firms and provides evidence how they can capture value and mitigate risks in the earliest stages of development prior to seeking liquidity events through entrepreneurial exit.
Bio
Jeffrey J. Reuer is a Distinguished Professor and the Blake Family Endowed Chair in Strategic Management and Governance at the Mitch Daniels School of Business at Purdue University. He started his academic career on the faculty of INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and has held tenured faculty appointments at the University of North Carolina, Ohio State University, and the University of Colorado.
Professor Reuer has served as an Associate Editor for the Strategic Management Journal and as a Consulting Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies. He is a founding Editor in Chief of the Strategic Management Review. He co-edited a special issue of the Strategic Management Journal on the interplay of competition and cooperation, as well as a special issue of Strategy Science on strategic decisions and the integration of strategic management research. He has been a member of the editorial boards of nineteen journals and has received five best reviewer awards. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society (SMS). He has also served as chair of the nomination and selection committee of the Fellows of the SMS, Chief Grants Officer of the Strategy Research Foundation, co-founder of the Cooperative Strategies Interest Group, and program chair of two SMS conferences. He is a Past Chair of the Academy of Management’s Strategic Management Division (5200 members) and has also served on that organization’s Executive Committee and Research Committee.
Professor Reuer’s research uses organizational economics to investigate firms’ external corporate development activities and growth strategies (e.g., strategic alliances, acquisitions, international joint ventures, etc.). Recent projects are on the governance and design of alliances, collaborative strategies, and applications of information economics and real options theory to various problems in strategy, international business, and entrepreneurship. He is a Fellow of the Strategic Management Society and was the first recipient of the SMS’ Emerging Scholar Award. He has served as the Dean of the Fellows of the SMS. He received the Silver Medal from the Journal of International Business Studies for lifetime scholarly contributions to that journal. He is a Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of the Distinguished Research Chair Award. He is widely published in the field’s major academic journals and has been invited to present his research at more than one hundred universities throughout the world. His publication credits also include eleven published books. He is regularly recognized with research awards and frequent citations to his work in academic research as well as strategy textbooks.
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First published: 6 January 2026