ou are advising Hoffmann-LaRoche, which has set up Roche Partnering to manage more than 190 alliances in the health care industry. What is the greatest risk that might cause those alliances to be unstable or break apart?

Multiple Choice

• Anticipated gains for Roche Partnering may fail to materialize due to a poor fit in terms of the combination of resources and capabilities.

• Anticipated gains may fail to materialize for Roche Partnering due to an overly optimistic view of the synergies.

• One or more of the 190 partners in Roche Partnering could gain access to another company's proprietary knowledge base, technologies, or trade secrets.

• All of the 190 partners in Roche Partnering could minimize the amount of resources that they had committed to the alliance.

• Any or all of the 190 partners in Roche Partnering could become overly dependent on other companies within the partnership.