A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon objectives need while remaining independent organizations. This form of cooperation lies between Mergers & Acquisition M&A and organic growth.

Strategic Alliance Contracts: Dimensions and Determinants of Contractual Complexity
Selection of the strategic alliance partner in logistics value chain
Measures of strategic alliance performance: an analysis of construct validity
Resource and risk management in the strategic alliance making process
Strategic alliance structuring: A game theoretic and transaction cost examination of interfirm cooperation.
Resource-based View of Strategic Alliance Formation: Strategic and Social Effects in Entrepreneurial Firms
Resource-based View of Strategic Alliance Formation: Strategic and Social Effects in Entrepreneurial Firms
The Institutional Effects on Strategic Alliance Partner Selection in Transition Economies: China vs. Russia
Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate: An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formation in a High-Technology Industry
Network Positions and Propensities to Collaborate : An Investigation of Strategic Alliance Formation in a High-Technology Industry A...