Cooperative agreements in Spain after its integration into the European Union

During this current decade, many studies analyzing the use of co‐operative agreements by Spanish firms have been realized. Analyzes the results of these papers to determine if the main features of alliances signed by Spanish firms coincide with those observed in other studies on co‐operative agreements having a European or a worldwide focus. The results of the analysis show that, although a good deal of similarity can be found, certain singularities also exist that can be interpreted as a consequence of the integration of Spain into the European Union.