Obligatory:

• International Management, Deresky, H., Chapter 7 (Global Alliances)
• Article: IHG announces strategic alliance with Coca-Cola Company in US

Optional:

• Alliances: an executive guide to designing successful strategic partnerships, Ard-Pieter de Man, 2013 
• Theories of the multinational firm: a multidimensional creature in the global economy,  Mats Forsgren, 2008