International vertical alliances within the international business field: A systematic literature review and future research agenda
系统梳理了2000至2020年间111篇国际商务顶刊论文，分析国际纵向联盟的前因、中介、调节和结果变量，并对比了前向与后向联盟、国内纵向与横向联盟，为未来研究提出方向。
International vertical alliances (IVAs) have garnered increasing scholarly interest in the strategy and international business (IB) literature. Our review of 111 papers published in major IB journals from 2000 to 2020 sheds light on the antecedents, key mediators, moderators and outcomes of IVAs. To generate insights, we juxtaposed forward and backward alliances and compared IVAs with their domestic vertical and horizontal counterparts. In this paper, we highlight key areas for future IVA research, including—but not limited to—broadening the scope of the investigation in order to integrate new theories and methods suited to examine such alliances in the IB field.