Do you think the movement toward strategic partnerships is a passing phenomenon or here to stay? What

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Do you think the movement toward strategic partnerships is a passing phenomenon or here to stay? What skills would make a good manager in a partnership with another company? What skills would make a good manager operating in competition with another company?

Partnership
A legal form of business operation between two or more individuals who share management and profits. A Written agreement between two or more individuals who join as partners to form and carry on a for-profit business. Among other things, it states...