Which of the Following Is Not an Advantage of a Strategic

question 105

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an advantage of a strategic alliance?

• A) Alliances help facilitate entry into foreign markets
• B) Allows a firm to share the fixed costs of developing new products or services with another firm
• C) Provides a forum for firms to bring together complementary skills and assets that neither company could easily develop on its own
• D) Helps a firm guard its proprietary technology
• E) Helps establish technical standards in an industry

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Definitions:

Cosine

A mathematical function used in trigonometry to define the ratio of the adjacent side to the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle.

Sine

A trigonometric function denoting the ratio of the length of the side opposite to a given angle to the length of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle.

Pulsating

A periodic variation in magnitude or intensity, often used to describe waveforms or signals.

Peak-to-peak

A measure of the amplitude of a waveform, indicated by the difference between its maximum and minimum values.