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is a formal relationship between two or more parties to pursue a set of
agreed upon goals or to meet a critical business need while remaining independent organizations.
Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products, distribution
channels, manufacturing capability, project funding, capital equipment, knowledge, expertise, or
intellectual property. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which aims for a synergy
where each partner hopes that the benefits from the alliance will be greater than those from
individual efforts. The alliance often involves technology transfer (access to knowledge and
hhexpertise), economic specialization [1], shared expenses and shared risk.
There are seven general areas in which profit can be made from building alliances
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A typical strategic alliance formation process involves these steps:
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: Partner assessment involves analyzing a potential partner¶s
strengths and weaknesses, creating strategies for accommodating all partners¶
management styles, preparing appropriate partner selection criteria, understanding a
partner¶s motives for joining the alliance and addressing resource capability gaps that
may exist for a partner.
Jp c : Contract negotiations involves determining whether all parties
have realistic objectives, forming high caliber negotiating teams, defining each partner¶s
contributions and rewards as well as protect any proprietary information, addressing
termination clauses, penalties for poor performance, and highlighting the degree to which
arbitration procedures are clearly stated and understood.
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: Alliance operations involves addressing senior management¶s
commitment, finding the caliber of resources devoted to the alliance, linking of budgets
and resources with strategic priorities, measuring and rewarding alliance performance,
and assessing the performance and results of the alliance.
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instance when its objectives have been met or cannot be met, or when a partner adjusts
priorities or re-allocates resources elsewhere.
1.p Allowing each partner to concentrate on activities that best match their capabilities.
2.p Learning from partners & developing competences that may be more widely exploited
elsewhere
3.p Adequacy a suitability of the resources & competencies of an organization for it to
survive.
There are four types of strategic alliances: joint venture, equity strategic alliance, non-equity
strategic alliance, and global strategic alliances.
Jp ÿ is a strategic alliance in which two or more firms create a legally
independent company to share some of their resources and capabilities to develop a
competitive advantage.
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working partnerships between companies (often more than 2)
across national boundaries and increasingly across industries. Sometimes formed between
company and a foreign government, or among companies and governments.
Alliance Defined
A strategic alliance is when two or more businesses join together for a set period of time. The
businesses, usually, are not in direct competition, but have similar products or services that are
directed toward the same target audience.
Alliance means "cooperation between groups that produces better results that can be gained
from a transaction. Because competitive markets keep improving what you can get from
transactions, an alliance must stay ahead of the market by making
continuous advances."1
Strategic alliance is a primary form of cooperative strategies. "A
strategic alliance is a partnership between firms whereby resources, 2 , and core
competences are combined to pursue mutual interests."2
Alliances can be structured in various ways, depending on their purpose. Nonequity strategic
alliances, equity strategic alliances, and joint ventures are the three basic types of strategic
alliances.
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