Strategic alliances are cooperative agreements between two or more companies to share resources and work together to achieve common business goals. They allow partners to concentrate on their strengths and learn from each other. Key factors for success include selecting proper partners that align with goals, sharing the right information, negotiating fair deals, agreeing on timelines and expectations, and maintaining flexible commitment to change over time. Common types of strategic alliances include joint ventures, equity partnerships, non-equity agreements, and global partnerships across borders. Successful examples include Starbucks partnerships with Barnes & Noble, Pepsico, United Airlines, and Kraft foods.

1. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

2. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Strategic alliances are cooperative agreements
between two or more companies to work
together and share resources to achieve a
common business objective.

3. WHY STRATEGIC ALLIANCE..?
• Sharing Resources like products, distribution
channels, manufacturing capability, project
funding, capital equipment, knowledge,
expertise, or intellectual property.
• To create Synergy – to gain competitive
advantage

4. TYPES OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
• Joint venture - Legally Independent Company
• Equity strategic alliance - own different % of the company
• Non-equity strategic alliance - A Contractual - Relationship
• Global Strategic Alliances - working partnerships between
companies – across national boundaries or May be between
foreign government.

5. OTHER TYPES

6. ADVANTAGES
• Allowing each partner to concentrate on
activities that best match their capabilities.
• Learning from partners & developing
competences that may be more widely
exploited elsewhere.
• Adequate suitability of the resources &
competencies of an organization for it to
survive.

7. DISADVANTAGES
• Technology – Low Cost Manufacturing.
– US & Japanese Companies
• Organization Culture.
• Competition – How to Compete in future.

8. KEY FACTORS OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Select the proper partners for the intended goals
Share the right information
Negotiate A deal that includes risk and benefit
analysis (not necessarily equal) for all sides.
Come to a realistic agreement on the time to
market and corporate expectations
Mutual, flexible commitment on what's
appropriate to change, measure and share within
each partner's culture

9. PROCESS OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
Setting alliance strategy
Selecting a partner
Structuring the alliance
Managing the alliance
Re-evaluating the alliance

10. STARBUCKS
• Barnes and Nobles bookstores in 1993
• In 1996 - Pepsico to bottle distribute and sell
the popular coffee-based drink Frappacino.
• A Starbucks-United Airlines alliance has
resulted in their coffee being offered on flights
with the Starbucks logo on the cups
• Kraft foods has resulted in Starbucks coffee
being marketed in grocery stores.

11. APPLE LTD
• Apple has partnered with Sony, Motorola,
Phillips, and AT&T in the past.
• Apple has also partnered more recently with
Clearwell in order to jointly develop
Clearwell's E-Discovery platform for the Apple
iPad. E-Discovery is used by enterprises and
legal entities to obtain documents and
information in a "legally defensible" manner.

12. Thank You…