Alliances and Joint Ventures

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In our last session we discussed internal development as a mode for increasing corporate scope, and in our next session we will be discussing mergers and acquisitions. It is easy to assume that owning resources (whether built or bought) is superior to borrowing resources (through an alliance or joint venture). However, accessing external resources plays a very important role in corporate strategy. In our third session we discussed the…