Cynthia E. Garza MGMT 4317 Mr. E. Adames‚ MPA October 21‚ 2014 Explain the advantages of Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures A strategic alliance is a cooperative relationship among two or more firms to pursue a specific endeavor or set of objectives while remaining separate entities. These alliances may be either formal or informal which may involve a written contract. A joint venture is cooperative endeavor entered into by two or more business entities contributing equal equity to form
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Federal Express Quality Improvement Program The leading company in express airfreight shipments is seeking to maintain its superiority in an increasingly competitive global market place. The case describes how FedEx has used information technology to enhance the reliability of its service and add extra features for customers. The case also describes the FedEx ’s efforts to improve service quality in the U.S.A.‚ including new measurement techniques‚ training‚ and "internal marketing". With the company
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Strategic Alliance between Nokia and Microsoft Business Administration knowledge assists the implementation of the strategic alliance between Nokia and Microsoft from several aspects. To begin with‚ decisions about leadership are one of the most disturbing problems in the strategic alliance; interim leaders are appropriate solutions to the issue (Werther‚ 1998). Interim leaders are those haired from a third party‚ not belonging to the alliance partners. Compared to selecting a leader from one
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A Case Study Analysis on the Strategic Alliances of Audio Duplication Services‚ Inc. (ADS) Abstract Logistic strategy is vital part of company’s goal to reduce cost‚ gain more profit and improve supplier-customer relationship. This paper studied the logistic process of Vanity Products to have a grasp of how logistic works and affects the flow of supply chain. Guide questions are answered to have a better understanding on the logistic and warehousing; and how these decisions must be well thought
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The 2009 Chrysler-Fiat Strategic Alliance Christopher McCarthy 3/11/13 Table of Contents Introduction.............................................................................................................................3 Summary of the Strategic Alliance................................................................................ .........4 Positives/Negatives........................................................
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Anandan‚ Nandhini and Muthuselvan (2000) in their study‚ entitled “Automobile Sector-Shifting Gears to Strategic Alliances”‚ outline the broad perspective of strategic alliance and their role in globalization. Strategies of firms in the automobile sector in the Indian scenario‚ common pit falls in strategic alliances and how this may be avoided are all highlighted. Four types of strategic alliance such as managerial dimension‚ co-operation and competition and conflict were classified taking the extreme
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Macro Environment 10-15 Benchmarking 10-13 Brand Portfolios 14-15 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………...16-17 Outline I. Introduction II. The Micro environment 1. The Companies a. Historical Background b. Strategic alliances 2. Internal assessment (strengths and weaknesses) III. The Macro environment 1. Benchmarking 2. Brand portfolios IV. Conclusion Introduction Nowadays‚ globalization is of high importance as it is currently influencing
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Strategic Alliances in Distribution Cininta Meirinda Clara Sarah Patricia Adam Their nature and their motives for creating strategic alliances Building commitment by creating mutual vulnerability Building commitment by the management of daily interactions Decision structures that enhance trust Moving a transaction through stages of development to reach alliances status What does it takes and when does it pays to create a marketing channel alliance? STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
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Airborne Express Tigran Hakobyan To answer the questions of this case let’s first of all understand the overall industry where the company is operating. In general‚ we can state that there is a strong competition between firms in this industry. Firms provide similar services and also the degree of substitutability is high. Profit margins are relatively low. The threat of new entrants is low because market for express deliveries is difficult to access‚ capital requirements are high and also
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2.4.2 What is different in Strategic Alliances? To see the importance of an alliance‚ there will be a short comparison of strategic alliances and traditional relationships. Seven distinctions may emerge: Alliances explore the wellsprings of costs and afterwards minimise them. Traditional relationships push costs to others. This is the result of traditional win-lose negotiating the zero-sum game. Alliances concentrate on a definitive client‚ and partners give value that clients pay for. Traditional
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