International Strategic Alliances

Juliane Engsig, Bo Bernhard Nielsen

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Abstract

International strategic alliances (ISAs) are considered one of the major pillars of international business (IB) as they constitute hybrid strategies positioned between market and hierarchy in a dynamic global economy. Despite rich research, the complexity of strategic alliances in an international context with multiple levels of interactions across borders and time is underappreciated.

Due to the great variety of collaborative types, ranging from ad hoc agreements to equity joint ventures (JVs), there is a lack of a clear definition of an ISA. For this entry, we rely on Nielsen and Gudergan’s (2012) definition: “ISA is an interfirm collaboration over a given international economic space and time for the attainment of mutually defined goals” (p.558). This definition implies that at least one partner is headquartered outside the alliance’s country of operation, or the collaboration has significant levels of operation in more than one country.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TitelEncyclopedia of International Strategic Management
RedaktørerChristian Geisler Asmussen, Niron Hashai, Dana Minbaeva
Antal sider11
UdgivelsesstedCheltenham
ForlagEdward Elgar Publishing
Publikationsdato2024
Sider240–250
Kapitel62
ISBN (Trykt)9781800884038
ISBN (Elektronisk)9781800884045
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

Emneord

  • International strategic alliances
  • Collaboration
  • Value creation
  • Value appropriation

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