This study theorizes that resource deployment stability is an influential characteristic in international research-and-development (R&D) alliances. The authors develop and test a model of antecedents and performance outcomes of this form of parental persistence. The model is novel in its use of self-determination theory to investigate self-motivational forces that drive a venturing firm's social integration through resource deployment. The results reveal that resource deployment stability is positively linked to performance satisfaction and schedule adherence. Conflict management is positively linked to resource deployment stability, while behavioral control exerts a positive influence on performance satisfaction, though it is not related to resource deployment stability. Cultural similarity is positively linked to resource deployment stability in older (vs. younger) alliances. However, it is negatively related to schedule adherence in older (vs. younger) alliances. The authors discuss the implications of these results for both theory development and international R&D alliance management.
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