Analysis of scientific production on strategic alliances in the period 1980-2018

Authors : Hicham Achelhi, Sara Berka

Pages : 396-412

Doi:10.24289/ijsser.760847

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Publication Date : 2020-07-27

Article Type : Research

Abstract :This study takes an integrated approach of quantitative and qualitative studies to understand and analyze the scientific research published on strategic alliances between 1980 and 2018 in the Web of Science database and to reveal the evolution of themes in this area. The quantitative study adopts bibliometric techniques based on citation and co-occurrence analyses of keywords. The qualitative study includes a content analysis of the articles carried out to discover the content of the most cited articles on strategic alliances. The results show that research on strategic alliances has evolved over the period 1980 and 2018, moving from a stream of research focused on the motivations for forming and structuring strategic alliances in the period 1980-1995, from another stream focused on the learning, performance and failure of strategic alliances in the period 1995 and 2001 to a new stream characterized by the emergence of new terms such as absorptive capacity with a strong emphasis on the management and transfer of knowledge within strategic alliances.
Keywords : Srategic alliance, citation analysis, co-occurrence analysis, content analysis