Inter‐Firm Knowledge Transfer between Strategic Alliance Partners: A Way Forward

Strategic alliance (SA) is pursued by a diverse array of firms motivated range factors. Among the SA themes, knowledge transfer (KT) has gained significant popularity over past fifteen years. The developing literature ontologically, epistemologically, and methodologically diverse. In spite helpful reviews, intellectual structure (up-stream decisions) SA–KT research remains unclear, arguably resulting in accidental rather than deliberate diversity potentially slowing advancement knowledge, its efficacy, interpretation, utility. By systematically analysing empirical studies published peer-reviewed journals between 1990 2017 we address these shortcomings. aim to identify preponderance particular methods, and/or analytical procedures, essence established conventions. reviewing up-stream more conventional down-stream decisions, offer an alternative approach conducting systematic management reviews future researchers.