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		<title><![CDATA[Strategic Alliances: Laser Focus Your Niche To Increase Profits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1089581]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Strategic alliances are an important aspect of niche marketing because these relationships will help raise awareness for your products and services. A strategic alliance is a business relationship you enter into with a company who has a tangential relationship to your own business, but is not a direct competitor. Strategic...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Attracting New Clients Quickly Through Strategic Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1089583]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The key to forming a good strategic alliance is not to partner with a direct competitor, but to partner with someone in a tangentially related field. Forming a strategic partnership and collaborating to market your services will ensure your survival. Strategic alliances and collaborative partnerships are an essential marketing strategy...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forming A Strategic Alliance - Key Issues]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1089585]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some key issues to look out for when drafting a Strategic Alliance Agreement. The most important provision to include, is a "No Partnership" provision. A strategic alliance is different in purpose and form than a partnership, and the agreement should expressly reflect the intentions of the parties not...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[24 Reasons To Form Online Strategic Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1089587]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Strategic alliances are valuable affiliations or partnerships with similar or complementary businesses. They are not reserved for large corporations. Because of the nature of the web, you can easily link in with like-minded businesses to pool your resources and capture a greater share of the global market. By aligning yourself...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[How to Use a Strategic Alliance to Get Ahead]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you're looking to share risk, resources, or  expertise, a strategic partner might be exactly what your company needs to grow  and develop in ways that it couldn't on its own.  The Three Stages of Strategic Alliances       Source: Harvard Knowledgebase ...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Follow Up To Strategic Alliance Letter]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use this template as a follow up letter which follows the first strategic alliance letter, assuming you've received no response to the first. It should address some of the more obvious concerns a potential alliance partner may have. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Offer Of Strategic Alliance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=362192]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Use this template to give offer of strategic alliance. This letter is from your business to another business suggesting that you work together to reach goals. It should offer teamwork, not dominance by one company or the other. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Thank You For Agreeing To Alliance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=362198]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This letter thanks your strategic alliance target for agreeing to a partnership. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beyond Strategic Alliances: The Impact Of Individual Collaborations On Firm Innovative Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=313954]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Research in strategic management has illustrated the important role played by formal strategic alliances in inter-firm learning. This paper focuses on the role of individual-level inter-firm collaborations by biotechnology researchers and their impact on the patented innovative output of the firm. It is found that after controlling for other factors,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BPM and SOA: A Strategic Alliance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=259436]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SOA can exist without BPM, and BPM has flourished without a firm understanding of SOA. The combination of SOA and BPM is more powerful than either is alone. SOA provides the ability to create process independence. SOA, loosely coupled with BPM, automatically creates services that can be reused in many...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strategic Alliances, Equity Stakes, and Entry Deterrence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=171011]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper shows how strategic alliances and their impact on future competitive incentives can motivate inter firm equity sales. In the model, an alliance between an entrepreneurial firm and an established firm improves efficiency for both. However, the requisite knowledge transfer heightens the established firm's incentive to enter one of...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[On the Dynamics of Innovative Strategic Alliances in Korea]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165547]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this study is to model the formation and success of innovative strategic alliances and international joint-ventures, in particular, for Korea. Especially for such high risky market entries it is argued that incorporating a suitable treatment of irreversibility, uncertainty and flexibility related to a multinational enterprise MNE entry...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Exit Structure of Strategic Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165545]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, many biotechnology firms are using strategic alliances to contract with other companies. In this paper, the author contends that the governance structure of these alliances - specifically, the "Contractual board" - provides an integrated restraint on opportunism. While an alliance agreement's exit structure could provide a check on opportunism...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Rivalry Between Strategic Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165526]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Rivalry between strategic alliances is investigated in a model where each alliance member maximizes its own profit and some share of its partner's profit. A complementary alliance confers a strategic advantage by allowing the partners to credibly commit to greater output, owing to both within-alliance complementarities and cross-alliance substitutability's. Although...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strategic Alliances in Education: The Knowledge Engineering Web]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165528]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The field of higher education shows a jumble of alliances between fellow institutes. The alliances are strategic in kind and serve an economy-of-scales concept. A large scale is a prerequisite for allocating the budgets for new educational methods and technologies in order to keep the educational services up-to-date. All too...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer in International Strategic Alliances: From Cultural Variations to Asymmetric Learning Process]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=272114]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The explosive growth of international strategic alliances as firm?s way to enter markets, as well as a mode to acquire new knowledge has affected the complexity of academic research about international cooperation and knowledge transfer process. Transferring knowledge among organizations involves a wide range of features. According to this statement,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Logic of Strategic Alliances]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165531]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The object of this paper is to present the reasons for why the firms choose alliances as one of the strategic options, while both invoking and amending the resource-based approach. In addition, the author would like to distill the strategic nature inherent in alliances that leads firms to actively choose...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Venture/Large Firm High Technology Strategic Alliances: Getting at the Heart of Performance Question]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=165537]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Entrepreneurs face tremendous odds in launching and growing a successful business. This is especially true in high technology industries where new venture entrepreneurs have difficulty in obtaining financial and other resources. In order to overcome these odds, high technology entrepreneurs form strategic alliances with larger firms to obtain critical resources....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Strategic Alliances: How to Manage, How to Measure]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=158200]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Strategic alliances are a vibrant feature of the corporate landscape, and one that has seen a surge in popularity. By creating formal partnerships, companies can quickly acquire product development capabilities and marketing expertise that would otherwise require years of effort and considerable expense. This article highlights that alliances are easy...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internationalization Via Strategic Alliances in Family Businesses]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=137291]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This report indicates three important pre-requisites for family businesses that are seriously considering internationalization as an aid to growth: they need to have a market-leading product, adequate financial resources, and a suitable organizational structure. part from these preliminary conditions, the example of the family businesses studied here demonstrates that success...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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