Experience Indicates That Strategic Alliances

question 12

Multiple Choice

Experience indicates that strategic alliances

• A)are generally successful.
• B)work well in cooperatively developing new technologies and new products but seldom work well in promoting greater supply chain efficiency.
• C)work best when they are aimed at achieving a mutually beneficial competitive advantage for the allies.
• D)stand a reasonable chance of helping a company reduce competitive disadvantage but very rarely form the basis of a durable competitive advantage over rivals.
• E)are usually a company's best approach to building a distinctive competence.

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