Part 1 Interorganizational relations and international strategies: macro and strategic perspectives on interorganizational linkages - a comparative analysis and review with suggestions for reorientation, Ellen R. Auster; commentary, Charles R. Schwenk; recreating and extending buyer-supplier links following international expansion, Xavier Martin et al; commentary Johannes M. Pennings; barriers to strategic transformation - interorganizational networks and institutional forces, Aaron A. Buchko; commentary, Deborah Dougherty; the process of relational contracting - developing trust-based strategic alliances among small business enterprises, Odd Jarl Borsch; commentary, Raghu Garud; avoiding new product warfare - the role of industry structure, August Schomburg, Jr. et al; commentary, Kenneth J. Hatten; competitive and collective strategies - an empirical examination of strategic groups, Rudi K.F. Bresser et al; commentary, Lawrence J. White; global-local tensions - firms and states in the global space-economy, Peter Dicken; commentary, Richard Brahm; learning to glocalize, Peter Gustavvson et al; commentary, Gerry Johnson. Part 2 Continuing conversations: higher-order organization and commitment in strategic options theory - a reply to Christopher Bartlett, Ron Sanchez.