Drivers and Effects of Strategic Alliances: Theory and Empirical Evidence from the Bio-Pharmaceutical Industry

The purpose of this study is to identify the intellectual structure of strategic alliance and product innovation studies embedded in all the articles published amongst the journals in Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Science Citation Index Expended (SCIExpended) during the period of 1997 – 2016. A total of 399 research papers were extracted to conduct bibliometric citation and co-citation analysis by using social network techniques to perform a visualization of the past and present structure of this field. The results of analysis allowed us to identify four main clusters, mapped and labeled as follows: Strategic network, technological change and organizational capabilities, competitive and coordination, and collaboration and innovation.