Experience indicates that strategic alliances

Multiple Choice

have a high $$divorce rate.$$

are generally successful.

work well in cooperatively developing new technologies and new products but seldom work well in promoting greater supply chain efficiency.

work best when they are aimed at achieving a mutually beneficial competitive advantage for the allies.

are rarely useful in helping a company win the race for global industry leadership and establish positions in industries of the future.

Multiple Choice

aim at teaming up with world$-$class suppliers or else companies with world$-$class know$-$how in product innovation.

are those whose purpose is helping a company master a new technology.

are those formed to enable the partners to be consistent first movers or fast followers.

$(1)$ involve collaboration with suppliers or distribution allies, or $(2)$ conclude that continued collaboration is in their mutual interest, perhaps because new opportunities for learning are emerging.

aim at insulating the partners against the impacts of the five competitive forces and industry driving forces.