Risk Control in Business Strategic Alliances of SMEs : A Case Study of SMEs in Zhejiang Province, China

Abstract: The primary objective of this research is to determine how SMEs control the risk involved in business strategic alliances. The research question is: How should performance risk and relationship risk within the strategic alliances of SMEs be controlled? Subsequently, we applied qualitative research methods to collect data for this research; further, our research design included a case study of the SMEs in Zhejiang, China.