The Co-Evolution of Strategic Alliances
提出战略联盟的共同演化理论，认为联盟嵌入企业战略组合，与企业战略、环境及管理意图共同演化，并探讨联盟意图（开发或探索）与形态（吸收能力、控制、认同）的同构关系。
This paper proposes a co-evolutionary theory of strategic alliances. The paper proposes a framework which views strategic alliances in the context of the adaptation choices of a firm. Strategic alliances, in this view, are embedded in a firm's strategic portfolio, and co-evolve with the firm's strategy, the institutional, organizational and competitive environment, and with management intent for the alliance. Specifically, we argue that alliance intent may be described, at any time, as having either exploitation or exploration objectives. We further discuss how the morphology of an alliance—absorptive capacity, control, and identification—may be isomorphic with its intent, and, in the aggregate, drive the evolution of the population of alliances.