In their annual reports, companies provide brief descriptions of their most important contracts, including strategic alliances. Select a large publicly traded company and obtain a copy of its most recent annual report (in hard copy, on the company’s Web site, or on the EDGAR portion of the SEC’s Web site at http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml). Review the portions of the annual report that discuss strategic alliances. Based on your review, prepare an oral report in which you discuss the following points:

a. motivations for establishing strategic alliances
b. extent to which strategic alliances are used to conduct business
c. relative financial success of the strategic alliances