Konstantinos Lioukas, Ph.D, is Associate Professor of Strategy at EDHEC Business School. His current research focuses on strategic alliances and particularly on the governance of these relationships. Recent projects investigate the role of trust and firm capabilities in alliance governance. This research has appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, the Journal of Management Studies and the Strategic Management Journal. Konstantinos is a graduate of the National Technical University of Athens (Greece), and holds a master from the University of Paris Dauphine and a PhD in Management from INSEAD. Prior to joining EDHEC, he was an assistant Professor at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, and a visiting Professor at LUISS University in Rome.