“…This second wave embraces a resurgence of the interests of the first wave, which is concerned on the interactions and relationships between individuals, but it is characterized by its focus on the exchanges and linkages between organizations (Powell, Koput & Smith-Doerr, 1996;Håkansson, 1987;Burt, 1980). Last years, part of this trend has also looked at the effect of individual relationships such as trust, commitment or conflict on the strategic goals on alliance performance in a separate way (Cullen, Johnson & Sakano, 2000;Luo, 2008;Perry, Sengupta & Krapfel, 2004;Das & Teng, 1998;Nielsen & Nielsen, 2009;Jiang, Jiang, Cai & Liu, 2015).…”