This monograph investigates the involvement of firms in strategic alliances and the
interplay with organizational absorptive capacity and organizational ambidexterity.
The theoretical work highlights the positive aspects, as well as the negative aspects,
for firms engaging in strategic alliances. The main contribution relates to the evaluation of both positive and negative outcomes of various types of strategic alliances. This
monograph presents different avenues for firms regarding how to benefit from strategic alliances in terms of innovation, while avoiding threats such as unintended knowledge spillovers