Strategic alliances are a powerful means of attaining sustainable competitive advantage in the fast-changing uncertain world of business. The broad definition, importance and benefits are well defined in literature. A conceptual framework has been suggested here to manage strategic alliances effectively. Nine caselet-based studies indicate that there is a need to evaluate situations, actors and processes on continuous basis to identify the variables of success and those that may constrain successful management of strategic alliances.
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