A Strategic Alliance

question 10

Multiple Choice

A strategic alliance:

• A) is a collaborative arrangement where companies join forces to defeat mutual competitive rivals.
• B) involves two or more companies joining forces to pursue vertical integration.
• C) is a formal agreement between two or more companies in which there is strategically relevant collaboration of some sort,the joint contribution of resources,shared risk,shared control,and mutual dependence.
• D) is a partnership between two companies that is typically intended to eliminate the need to engage in outsourcing.
• E) is usually a cheaper and more effective way for companies to join forces than a merger.

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