MAP20071504829 Colombo, Massimo G. Alliance form : a test of the contractual and competence perspectives / Massimo G. Colombo This paper analyzes factors that influence firms' choice of the organizational form of strategic alliances. I consider arguments suggested by both the contractual and the competence perspectives. In order to distinguish empirically between them. I devote special attention to the role played by the similarity of partner firms' technological specialization En: Strategic management journal. - Chichester [etc.] : Wiley. - Vol. 25, nº 24, December 2003 ; p. 1209-1229 1. Estrategia empresarial . 2. Alianzas estratégicas . 3. Costes de transacción . 4. Perspectivas económicas . 5. Competencia . 6. Responsabilidad contractual . 7. Estudios . I. Title.