Knowledge Transfer and the Development of Airline business in Africa: Kenya Airways, 1977-2017

This article examines the development of strategic alliances in airline industry through participation Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (hereafter KLM) a joint venture with Kenya Airways KQ). Based on literature knowledge transfer international business and organization studies, study focuses evolution cooperation between both partners over time, from capital seeking to marketing, legitimacy, seeking, revenue cost sharing. In particular, it demonstrates how features two firms their boundaries affect inter-organizational transfer.