Abstract: "Patterns of Strategic Alliance Activity in the Global Steel Industry", Ravindranath Madhavan, Balaji R. Koka & John E. Prescott, in Howard Thomas, Don O'Neal & Michel Ghertman (Editors), Strategy, Structure and Style, pp. 219-239, Chichester, UK: Wiley. 1997.

Analysis of industry networks can help us understand the overall patterns of strategic alliance activity in an industry, thereby throwing light on some of the industry-level drivers of the phenomenon. As part of a larger study exploring competitiveness in the global steel industry, this chapter analyzes and interprets the pattern of worldwide strategic alliance activity among steel industry firms.