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Business > Business Strategy Tips for developing strategic alliances

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Business writers typically define a strategic alliance as a merger or acquisition. This is a narrow view. It's also inadequate because, these days, strategic alliances are taking on unfamiliar shapes among organizations. There's a more compelling interest than profit. And joining two (or more) companies to make more money isn't so much a strategic decision as it is a business tactic. Strategic alliances are, at least in theory, meant to give each organization a return which they could not otherwise achieve on their own. In the business context of a corporation or partnership, this is a fin...

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