Twenty-three integrated propositions are presented. The article examines a variety of factors that influence the production of alliance-based connective and communal goods. Four types of alliances that can produce these goods are identified: (a) precompetitive, (b) competitive, (c) joint value creation, and (d) value chain. Two generic types of goods produced are connectivity, the ability of partners to directly communicate with each other through the information and communication system, and communality, the availability of a commonly accessible pool of information to alliance partners. These goods offer participants in alliances collective benefits that are (a) nonexcludable, in that they are available to all alliance partners whether or not they have contributed, and (b) jointly supplied, in that partners' uses of the good are noncompeting. This article presents a public goods-based theory that describes the process of producing multifirm, alliance-based, interorganizational communication and information public goods.
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