Strategic alliances: formation, management, and organizational outcomes
A dubious strategic alliance is one when one partner is deceitful and inclined to reap a benefit for himself at the cost of other individuals who a part of the alliance. Examples of such a situation include concealing important information, not honoring promises, and shirking responsibilities. According to Williamson "that "opportunism extends the conventional assumption that economic agents are guided by considerations of self-interest to make allowance for strategic behavior (Mababaya, 2003 )". Thus, those people who lack in moral principles are prone to be deceitful and it is possible they would abuse a strategic alliance by seeking a gain for themselves at the expense of others.