It is an arrangement between two companies that have decided to share resources to undertake a specific, mutually beneficial project. A strategic alliance is less involved and less permanent than a joint venture, in which two companies typically pool resources to create a separate business entity.

1. Strategic Alliance - Entry Strategies
Corporate Management

2. Prepared By
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Manu Melwin Joy
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3. Entry Strategies
• Market entry
strategy is
influenced by the
firm and product
characteristics and
the domestic and
international market
characteristics.

4. Foreign Market Entry and Operations Strategies
Exporting
• Direct Exporting.
• Indirect Exporting.
Contractual Agreement
• Licensing & Franchising.
• Strategic Alliance.
• Contract Manufacturing.
Production facility in foreign
market.
• Assembly Operations.
• Wholly owned
manufacturing facility.
• Joint Ventures.
Mergers and Acquisitions

5. Strategic Alliance
It is an arrangement
between two companies
that have decided to share
resources to undertake a
specific, mutually
beneficial project. A
strategic alliance is less
involved and less
permanent than a joint
venture, in which two
companies typically pool
resources to create a
separate business entity.

6. Strategic Alliance
In a strategic alliance,
each company maintains
its autonomy while
gaining a new
opportunity. A strategic
alliance could help a
company develop a more
effective process, expand
into a new market or
develop an advantage
over a competitor,
among other
possibilities.

7. Example
An oil and natural gas
company might form a
strategic alliance with a
research laboratory to
develop more commercially
viable recovery processes. A
clothing retailer might form
a strategic alliance with a
single clothing
manufacturer to ensure
consistent quality and
sizing. A major website
could form a strategic
alliance with an analytics
company to improve its
marketing efforts.