Collaboration Strategies INNOVATION Final 1 
COLLABORATION
STRATEGIES
DYESOL : PARTNERING TO HARNESS
THE POWER OF THE SUN
Nasreen Kalam
M00425375
Rosmina M Haneef
M00430741
Sarosh Tahir
Shazia Shirin
M00511053
M00428532
Intoduction
Dyesol is an Australian clean-tech company established in 2004.
Dyesol made dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSC).
In 2011, Dyesol was in a joint venture with Tata Steel with Pilkington.
Q1. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Dyesol’s venture with
Tata Steel ?
About Tata Steel
5th largest steelmaker in the world.
Subsidiary of the Tata group.
Revenue of $26 billion dollars as of 2011.
In 2011 Dyesol and tata steel has developed the world’s largest DSC module onto a steel in a continuous line
TATA-Dyesol
Advantages
Disadvantages
• Access to capital and manufacturing expertise. • Awareness of the DSC technology.
• Helps them to enter multiple international markets.
• Risk of Tata steel’s chemical business might reverse engineer dyesol’s dye product. • Risk of patent.
• Tata steel may act as a strong competitor. Q2. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Deysol’s venture with Pilkington?
• Multinational company based in the UK with a revenue of $373 million.
• Introduction and licensing of the float glass process. • Acquired by the Nippon sheet glass (NSG) in
2006.
• 50/50 joint venture with DyeSol.
DyeTec Solar
Advantages
Disadvantages
•Good brand image.
•Creating awareness.
•Use in the commercial market • Require time and investment. • Expensive for the buyers.
• High uncertainty.
Q3. Should Dyesol look to aggressively form licensing agreements (or other types of alliances) with other firms?
Gives the rights to use another’s intellectual property
It might outsource its activities to other firms
Q4.What mechanism do you believe should be in place to help ensure that Dyesol‘s objectives (and those of its partners) are met in its collaborative relationships?
Flexible Monitoring And Governance
Mechanisms.
Selective
STRATEGIES
DYESOL : PARTNERING TO HARNESS
THE POWER OF THE SUN
Nasreen Kalam
M00425375
Rosmina M Haneef
M00430741
Sarosh Tahir
Shazia Shirin
M00511053
M00428532
Intoduction
Dyesol is an Australian clean-tech company established in 2004.
Dyesol made dye-sensitized solar cells
(DSC).
In 2011, Dyesol was in a joint venture with Tata Steel with Pilkington.
Q1. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Dyesol’s venture with
Tata Steel ?
About Tata Steel
5th largest steelmaker in the world.
Subsidiary of the Tata group.
Revenue of $26 billion dollars as of 2011.
In 2011 Dyesol and tata steel has developed the world’s largest DSC module onto a steel in a continuous line
TATA-Dyesol
Advantages
Disadvantages
• Access to capital and manufacturing expertise. • Awareness of the DSC technology.
• Helps them to enter multiple international markets.
• Risk of Tata steel’s chemical business might reverse engineer dyesol’s dye product. • Risk of patent.
• Tata steel may act as a strong competitor. Q2. What were the advantages and disadvantages of Deysol’s venture with Pilkington?
• Multinational company based in the UK with a revenue of $373 million.
• Introduction and licensing of the float glass process. • Acquired by the Nippon sheet glass (NSG) in
2006.
• 50/50 joint venture with DyeSol.
DyeTec Solar
Advantages
Disadvantages
•Good brand image.
•Creating awareness.
•Use in the commercial market • Require time and investment. • Expensive for the buyers.
• High uncertainty.
Q3. Should Dyesol look to aggressively form licensing agreements (or other types of alliances) with other firms?
Gives the rights to use another’s intellectual property
It might outsource its activities to other firms
Q4.What mechanism do you believe should be in place to help ensure that Dyesol‘s objectives (and those of its partners) are met in its collaborative relationships?
Flexible Monitoring And Governance
Mechanisms.
Selective