Giving a structured overview of the field of interorganizational relations, this handbook presents current thinking and research from international experts. It includes the study of strategic alliances, joint ventures, partnerships, networks and other forms of relationship between organizations.

This paper examines how organizations collaborate with multiple partners, such as when they develop innovative and complex product platforms like smartphones, servers, and MRI machines that rely on technologies developed by organizations in three or more sectors. Research on multipartner...

Introduction -- Operational Partner Management -- Deepening -- Strategic Partner Management -- Interest Management -- Introduction -- The Holistic Value Creation of Work -- States and Consequences of Internal Partnering -- New Tool - the WeQ Test -- Practical Examples -- Internal Partnering -...