Greater commitment enables both parties to achieve individual and joint goals without raising the spectre of opportunism. Because more committed partners exert effort and balance short-term problems with long-term goal achievement, higher levels of commitment should be associated with partnership success. If they have a good relationship, the parties might discuss and resolve their potential tensions, such that relational capital attenuates concerns about goal conflicts, opportunism and misappropriation. As a critical catalyst of alliance progress, it encourages economically efficient alliances, even in conditions of uncertainty, ambiguity or incomplete information.